Editing Springfield, Massachusetts (section)

===Museums===
[[File:Japanese Arms and Armor Gallery - George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum - DSC03522.JPG|thumb|[[Edo period]] Japanese armor at the [[George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum]]]]

Springfield is home to five distinct museums at the [[Quadrangle (Springfield, Massachusetts)|Quadrangle]], along with the ornate [[Springfield City Library]]—an architecturally significant example of the [[City Beautiful]] movement. The Quadrangle's five distinct collections include the [[Dr. Seuss Memorial|Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden]]; the largest collection of Chinese cloisonne outside of China; and the original casting of [[Augustus Saint Gaudens]]'s most famous sculpture, ''Puritan''.

The Quadrangle's five museums are the Museum of Fine Arts, which features a large [[Impressionist]] collection; the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, a collection of Asian curiosities; the [[Springfield Science Museum]], which features a life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex, an aquarium and  the first American-made [[planetarium]], designed and built (1937) by Frank Korkosz; the [[Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum]], as Springfield is the birthplace of [[Dr. Seuss|Theodor Geisel]]; and the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, a museum about the multi-faceted city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/the_museums/|title=The Museums|date=July 2015|publisher=Springfield Museums|access-date=April 26, 2011|archive-date=June 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628032833/http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/the_museums/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Connecticut Valley Historical Museum was one of the Quadrangle's five museums until 2009.

In 2017 the [[Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum]] opened in the former location, the [[William Pynchon]] Memorial Building. The collections of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum are now located in the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pioneervalleyhistorynetwork.org/locations/connecticut-valley-historical-museum-genealogy-library/#:~:text=The%20Connecticut%20Valley%20Historical%20Museum,Wood%20Museum%20of%20Springfield%20History!|title=CONNECTICUT VALLEY HISTORICAL MUSEUM, Springfield|date=June 18, 2010|access-date=October 6, 2021|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006123633/https://pioneervalleyhistorynetwork.org/locations/connecticut-valley-historical-museum-genealogy-library/#:~:text=The%20Connecticut%20Valley%20Historical%20Museum,Wood%20Museum%20of%20Springfield%20History!|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/the-amazing-world-of-dr-seuss-museum-is-officially-open|title=A Museum Dedicated to Dr. Seuss Just Opened|last=Craggs|first=Ryan|date=June 5, 2017|work=Condé Nast Traveler|access-date=August 21, 2018|language=en|archive-date=August 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822014720/https://www.cntraveler.com/story/the-amazing-world-of-dr-seuss-museum-is-officially-open|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/06/05/the-amazing-world-of-dr-seuss-museum-opens-in-springfield-massachusetts/102509338/|title=Oh the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss museum opens its doors|date=June 5, 2017|work=USA TODAY|access-date=August 21, 2018|language=en|archive-date=August 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821224942/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/06/05/the-amazing-world-of-dr-seuss-museum-opens-in-springfield-massachusetts/102509338/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Springfield's Indian Orchard neighborhood is home to the RMS Titanic Historical Society's [[Titanic Historical Society|Titanic Museum]], which displays a collection of rare artifacts that tell stories about the ill-fated ocean liner's passengers and crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.titanic1.org/museum/index.asp |title=Titanic Historical Society |publisher=Titanic1.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522072938/http://www.titanic1.org/museum/index.asp |archive-date=May 22, 2011 }}</ref>