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Springfield Armory National Historic Site
One Army Square, Springfield:
413-734-8551
One of most extensive firearms collections in the world. Armory
inventions revolutionized the manufacturing of many consumer products.
Exhibits, films, events
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Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle
State & Chestnut Streets
413-263-6800
Four museums in one location. American and European paintings and
sculptures. Displaying such works as: O'Keefe, Homer, Pissarro, Monet ,
Calder and more. The Science museum is also here. The Museum of fine Arts.
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum and Connecticut Valley Historical
Museum.
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The Titanic Museum
208 Main Street
Indian Orchard
413-543-4770
Offers a large collection of memorabilia, books and other items concerning
the world's most famous ocean liner disaster. Founder Edward Kamuda, a
watchmaker, became interested in the Titanic 40 years ago and began
corresponding with survivors of the 1912 sinking. Many of them eventually
donated personal items from the disaster to Kamuda, enough that he started
a small museum in two rooms behind his jewelry and watch repair shore.
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