15-02-2025
Springfield Museums reopens live animal exhibit
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP)–A popular exhibit at the Springfield Museums is back open, just in time for school vacation week.
The exhibit is called 'Living Waters: From Oceans to Valleys.' Museum guests can explore habitats and animals from around the world like poison dart frogs, and some from our own backyard like trout from the Connecticut River.
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The Jenny Power, Director of Science for the Springfield Museums, told 22News there are also exhibits uniquely designed for the visually impaired.
'Our new interactive map of the Connecticut River valley watershed and our new giant turtle ambassador, those are both highly accessible for people with low or no sight,' said Power. 'They may not be able to see the animals but if they can touch that model of a wood turtle, they can figure out what a wood turtle would look like.'
Living Waters was made possible through a $465-thousand federal earmark from The Offices of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and The National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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