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Founded in 1859, the Springfield Science Museum has occupied its building on the Quadrangle since 1899, with a 1932 Art Deco expansion. It is home to the Seymour Planetarium, which opened in 1937 and whose Korkosz-built 'Starball' projector is the oldest operating star projector in the United States.
Springfield Museum of Science 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 42.1043, -72.5857 near Springfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Connecticut Valley Historical Museum (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Springfield Museum of Fine Arts - Architectural Elements Sculpture, Smith, George Walter Vincent Art Museum, and Smith, George Walter Vincent Art Museum - Buddha Sculpture.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Springfield Science Museum opened its current classical revival building in 1899 as the Springfield Museum of Natural History, part of the cultural cluster known as the Quadrangle in Springfield. It was expanded with an Art Deco addition in 1932 and again in 1970. The museum's Seymour Planetarium houses the Korkosz 'Starball,' the oldest operating star projector in the United States, and the museum remains one of the group of Springfield Museums.
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