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Magic Wings - Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory & Gardens consists of a 14,400 square foot facility that includes a 4,000 sq. ft. glass conservatory filled with butterflies, moths and tropical vegetation. Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum - Excursion train rides between Lenox and Stockbridge two times per operation day. 20 mile, 2 1/2 hour round trip plus new permanent Gilded Age exhibit. Open Saturdays, Sundays and summer holidays from June through October. Berkshire Museum - The Berkshire Museum, recognized as one of the finest small museums in the nation, is one of the few museums where art, history and the natural world are displayed in one place. Hancock Shaker Village - Hancock Shaker Village is an outdoor history museum of Shaker life on 1,200 acres in the scenic Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. Its twenty original buildings and historic working farm and gardens preserve and interpret the life of America’s most successful communitarian society. Basketball Hall of Fame - Visit the birthplace of Basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts. Historic Deerfield - Historic Deerfield is a museum of New England history and art within the carefully preserved 330 year old western Massachusetts village of Deerfield. See a collection of 18th and 19th century houses and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life filled with some of the great decorative arts treasures of early America. |
Six Flags New England - The all-new Six Flags New England offers amazing thrills, rides and shows for the entire family - from a SUPERMAN megacoaster to a BATMAN stunt show to BUGS BUNNY and pals. Children's Museum at Holyoke - Located in the Heritage State Park Complex, the museum enhances the educational and cultural awareness of all children in the arts, the sciences, and the world around them in a museum environment which features participatory exhibits that invite the interaction of children and adults. The Zoo in Forest Park - Visitors can see over 200 domestic and exotic animals. The zoo also features a Discovery Room, train rides, gardens, duck ponds, paddle boats, and picnicking. Springfield Science Museum - The museum features a Dinosaur Hall; the multi-level R.E. Phelon African Hall, exhibits on African cultures; the Solutia Eco-Center, an aquarium and live animal center; Mineral Hall; hands-on exhibits; Native American Hall; a 100-seat planetarium; an observatory; and an exhibit on the Springfield-based aviation pioneers, the Granville Brothers. Nash Dinosaur Tracks - Collection of bones and fossils found on site. South Hadley. South Hadley, (413) 467-9566 |
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