Welcome to Western Mass
Explore the vibrant nightlife of big cities like Springfield, the lively college towns of Northampton and Amherst plus traditional New England towns and historic villages. Along the way, you’ll discover fun-filled attractions and distinctive distractions so varied, so enticing, that one visit here just won’t be enough.
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Eastern States Exposition, Amherst Railway Society Hobby Show
Saturday January 26, 2019 – 9:00am – 5:00pm Sunday January 27, 2019 – 10:00am – 5:00pm This show is considered the largest show of its kind in North America. The event features real life railroads and scale model railroads, historical societies, travel agencies, art shows, ...
January 26 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Springfield Museums, Exhibit: Working Women: Defying Convention
through – May 26, 2019 In a world saturated with idealized and sexualized depictions of women, the work of Isabel Bishop (1902-1988), who painted from the 1920s to the 1980s, is a welcome respite. The subjects she most often portrayed were everyday women doing everyday things—enjoying a private ...
January 1 - February 10The Eric Carle Museum, Exhibits
All: A Look into LGBTQ Representation in Picture Books, through July 28, 2019, Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, through January 27, 2019, Illustrated Owls: A Who’s Hoo from the Museum’s Vault, through April 21, 2019. Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scot...
January 10 - February 3Springfield Museums, Exhibit: Toytopia
Take a trip down Memory Lane and share toy experiences with the whole family! January 12, 2019–April 28, 2019. Too cold to play outside? Come to the Springfield Museums. We are open and ready for lots of BIG play, BIG toys, and BIG fun! Toytopia—an exhibition featuring larger than life toys, ...
January 12 - February 10Springfield Museums, Classes
The Museum School offers a wide variety of classes for people of all ages. January 9 (10 classes): Creative Writing and Memoir, Theresa Chamberland; Wednesday, 10 am-1 pm; January 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 27, March 6, 13, 20 (ten classes); $179, Members; $210, nonmembers. Adults. January 10 (4...
January 14 - January 29
