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The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts opened in October 1933 as a steel-frame Art Deco building designed by the New York firm Tilton and Githens and funded by a bequest from James Philip Gray. Focused on paintings and works on paper spanning American and European art, it was renamed the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts in 2008.
Springfield Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in Springfield, Hampden County. It is one of 5 museums documented in Hampden County, among 3,815 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 42.1037, -72.5863 near Springfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Springfield Museum of Fine Arts - Architectural Elements Sculpture (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Kilroy House, Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, and Christ Church Cathedral.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, now the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, opened in October 1933 on the Quadrangle in Springfield, Massachusetts. Designed by the New York firm Tilton and Githens, its steel-frame building blends classical prototypes with the streamlined geometry of Art Deco and faces the companion Science Museum. Its construction and collection were funded by the estate of Dr. and Mrs. James Philip Gray.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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