Gorgeous orchard and awesome art installations!…read more I love that this is here. This area is so beautiful and having more places to explore and enjoy art is really fantastic. I highly recommend checking this orchard and art exhibit out. A great place to bring out-of-towners

Most people were here for apple picking. We only came for the art…read more Suggested donation was $20 a head. It was dog friendly. (But Apple picking is NOT dog friendly). They had a golf cart to bring mobility impaired visitors around to visit the art. It was a nice relaxing afternoon, strolling through the orchard, looking at sculptures.

We attended the Dream Asia Food Festival and had a blast. Parking was $10 on the fairgrounds but we…read moreparked across the street for free and walked over. Lines were quick, easy, and organized. We were a group of 4. 3 of us purchased tickets in advance with a discount. What we weren't expecting was to spend over $500 in food in drinks. Like wow... things were definitely expensive, but we'd totally do it again because we had an amazing time!

Went to the Summerbrew fest by 99.3/102.1 here. Awful event! Sorry but this was poor planning. The…read moreline for "Will Call" was over a 30 minute wait while the at the door window moved much faster until they ran out of tickets. How do you not know that you pre-sold most of your tickets and move the lines better??? messed up... Once you get in they had 5 tickets for you to use to get samples so you would then buy more for a dollar..ok thats fine, but when the line for each place is 10-12 minute wait and you there is NO SIGN for each one expect the one at the table (blocked by the lines) and the vendors dont even fill the 4oz cup, im sorry but its not worth my time or money. not at all excited about going back for this event. Good luck next year!

My kids love going here. We first went for a friend's daughter's birthday party and it was well…read moredone by the staff to keep the party moving. My boys (4&2 yrs old at the time) loved the climbing structure the best and the water table/river. They provide waterproof aprons to avoid their clothes getting totally soaked. They love the giant bubble maker and various things to do there. We went again during one of their school vacations and they loved it even more as they got older. Tomorrow we are going and my boys (now 9&7) are super excited and my daughter who was last there when she was about 1 will love it I'm sure. As a parent of three I appreciate that there are activities for the various ages of kids. It's clean and thoughtfully laid out. To me it seems cheap but that's because I'm used to Boston prices. Every time I've gone I park on the street by the grassy quad area instead of the garage and have never had a problem. Growing up in the area it's been much improved and expanded. There is a separate merry go round near it that opens in warm weather. When we went to the bday party we got a free pass to come back and a free ride on the merry go round (which we still haven't used but a nice touch). Overall, it's a great place to go!

Visiting family here from Austin Texas and needed something for the kiddo to do while here. Took…read morehim here, he had a blast. I mention Austin because we have this place called the Thinkery which I can compare this with. The Thinkery is relatively new, super expensive, and very pretentious. Whereas this is much older, and while some parts are missing/broken, it had charm, character, was well priced and was accessible to all. My fav part was the large climbing structure. Would visit again when in the area.

Springfield, MA - the Springfield Museums complex is five museums arranged around a courtyard…read moreanchoring the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, with the history museum conveniently located across the street. One admission gets you into all five: 1. The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum 2. Springfield Science Museum 3. Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts 4. Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History 5. George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum (closed for renovations at this time) Dr. Seuss Museum is the newest addition and an absolute delight - colorful, immersive, and photo-ready. The first floor is pure chaotic kid energy, like a Dr. Seuss book come to life; the second floor is more grown up, featuring a recreation of Springfield native Theodor Geisel's (aka Dr. Seuss) studio and living room, plus exhibits on his life. My child refused to leave. Thankfully, the museum is equipped with benches and seats in every room, as it is incontrovertible law that children's play areas can never have too many resting places for parents. I eventually pried my child away and ushered him to the science & natural history museum, which was also a hit. Highlights included a snowboarding video game and a 360° photo capture that spits out a digital image you can email to yourself as a souvenir. There's also a dinosaur hall, African hall, planetarium, animal dioramas, small aquariums, and a nice gift shop. Again, kid did not want to leave. Grandpa is into history so toured the Museum of Springfield History on his own. Springfield was once a manufacturing powerhouse: automobiles, firearms, and home of the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company. Fittingly, the museum has an automobile gallery, the world's largest collection of Indian cycles and memorabilia, and the world's largest collection of Smith & Wesson guns among its 1,600+ firearms. Grandpa learned a lot about local history and the Connecticut River Valley. I only got a quick walk-through of the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, and regret not having more time to linger over the intricate and absolutely exquisite "Book of Wonder"exhibit by Donna Castellanos. The Smith Art Museum, a Victorian-era single-collector museum, is currently closed for renovation, which was fine, as by that point we'd run out of time and energy anyway. Even the on-site restaurant, Blake House Café, was excellent, serving food from Smoked, a local BBQ joint. There was something for everyone in the family (kids, arts, history, and science) and it's good bang for your buck. The museums are compact enough to hit all five in one day if you keep moving, but you're better off slowing down and focusing on two or three.

This was a jewel museums and we did not complete them all. We did the science, the Seuss and the…read moreart elements and was bowled over quite honestly with the entire location. We purchase the family season ticket to return here and the attend at no cost the vast network of the NARM location at no further cost. Highly recommended and we can't wait to return!

We only did the Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden which is next to the Museum. We were early and just…read morepassing through. Parking and Garden was free (weekend) and just a really cool walk down memory lane in a well-done garden. The Sculptures were of some of the our favorite characters from the beloved Dr. Suess. A very nice tribute to a man who still brings the love of reading to all ages. His words were full of wisdom and knowledge hidden between the lines of rhymes.

This is one of the 5 museums included within tickets of Springfield Museums. It is very designed…read morefor kids, lots of colors, arts, decor, legos, pretend play. On lower level, they have creative activities for kids. On second floor, there's more history on the real life Dr. Seuss. Our 5yo spent about 1.5 hours here. Few associates are around to tidy up things and help guests. Restrooms are very well maintained.

A beautiful day to sit outside and listen to music. It's free. Jazz and blues with great local…read moreartists. Food and drink for sale. Arts and crafts to browse. Grab a blanket or a chair and come on down. Going on until 10:00. Hopefully will become an annual event.

I know it's not the usual reason people visit the Springfield Museums but we went for this science…read moremuseum. At the time, they had a temporary Wild Kratts exhibit and Wild Kratts is my toddler daughter's favorite TV show. We were pleasantly surprised with how much this small museum had! She played follow me with a turtle in it's tank and loved all the fish. The draws to open and discover just blew her mind. The look of "you mean I'm allowed to open these?!" was adorable. The dinosaur exhibits are great and make sure you look up not to miss a flying dino.

The only thing worth seeing in this museum was the poison dart frogs. Everything else was…read morereplicas, hardly anything was original except for the gems. It just felt old and not much to see compared to other science museums I've been in. This wasn't really on my list. I wanted to see the Dr. Seuss museum but you had to buy general admission for all the museums in the complex and the ticket booth happened to be located in the science museum.

The Beneski Museum of Natural History is on the Amherst College campus and is one of those smaller…read moremuseums that consistently surprises visitors who arrive without strong expectations. We walked into a building that is modern and elegantly designed, spotlessly maintained, and organized in a way that made navigation intuitive across the three floors. The collection spans three floors and covers fossils, dinosaur skeletons, mineral and gemstone specimens, and an extensive dinosaur track collection with particular connections to the Connecticut River Valley, which produced some of the most significant dinosaur trackways in North America. The dinosaur material is the centerpiece. Two full mammoth skeletons, a T. rex skull, and a range of other fossil specimens give the collection a visual impact that larger natural history museums with more resources and more famous specimens would be proud to have. The dinosaur tracks are a specific strength and the connection to local geology adds a regional dimension that makes the collection feel distinct rather than generic. Staff and professors associated with the collection were present and willing to answer questions in depth, which gave our visit a more engaged quality than a self guided tour at a larger institution typically offers. The museum is free and open to the public, which makes it an easy addition to any visit to the Amherst area without any planning required. For a small college museum that delivers a world class fossil collection in a beautiful modern space, the Beneski Museum of Natural History is a hidden gem in western Massachusetts and well worth a stop. It is the kind of place where you go in for a quick look and end up spending an hour without realizing it.

It's is such a gem! A must see. It's a free museum with a room full of mammal fossils, another of…read moredinosaurs, and a hallway of rocks and gems. You can easily spend an hour or more here, which makes it a perfect stop especially if you're looking for something indoors on a hot or cold or wet day. Our kids enjoyed the exhibits, the free stickers, and the dino toys they got to explore at the front desk.