The Springfield Armory National Historic Site is the location of the nation’s first armory (1794-1968), and was established by George Washington. The site includes historic grounds, buildings, and the world’s largest historic American military firearms collection.
For 174 years, the men and women of Springfield Armory shaped America’s destiny through pioneering technological innovation, improved manufacturing processes, and increased use of laborsaving machines. Today, Springfield Armory National Historic Site preserves and interprets this colorful history in original buildings on their historic grounds through museum displays, public programs, notable collections, activities, and internet resources.
There is ample parking and the building is wheelchair accessible. The entrance to Armory Square is on Federal Street. Armory Square is shared by Springfield Armory NHS and Springfield Technical Community College (STCC).
From Memorial Day through October 31, Springfield Armory National Historic site is open seven days a week from 9am to 5pm.
From November 1 until Memorial Day Weekend , Springfield Armory NHS is open Wednesday through Sunday, 9am to 5pm. The park is closed for the following holidays: •Thanksgiving Day •Christmas Day •New Year’s Day.
The National Park Service App is the brand new official app for all 420+ national parks. Find interactive maps, tours of park places, on-the-ground accessibility information, and more. The app was created by National Park Service staff—people who know national parks—to help you make the most of your visit. With all of these parks and a brand new app, it will take some time to finish creating content for each park. If you don’t find what you’re looking for now, check back regularly as our rangers work to complete the experience for each of our parks.
Unlike other apps, NPS Mobile takes authoritative information from park rangers and combines it with a great suite of features, including interactive maps, saved data for offline use, accessibility, self-guided tours, things to do, shareable digital postcards, passport stamp locations, hours and locations for points of interest, and more.
The Homefront Victory Garden Did you know that there were more than 200,000 Victory Gardens planted during WWII across the United States? More than one million tons of vegetables were grown in Victory Gardens during WWII. Talk with Ed & Deborah Chrzanowski, see their display and learn more about gardens and rationing on the homefront.
Improving the Greatest Implement Ever Designed: The M1 Garand "T" & "E" Series Join volunteer Mike Sikora as he highlights some of the experimental M1 Garand rifles developed and tested at Springfield Armory. The experimental rifles being highlighted during this PowerPoint presentation show the adaptability of John Garand's revolutionary M1 to the evolving need for […]
On this date in 1974, Springfield Armory was officially authorized as a National Park Service site! With the approval of Congress and President Gerald Ford, Springfield Armory was designated as a site significant to the history of the nation. The NPS site has been open to the public since 1978. Our birthday wish this year […]
