The Springfield Museums system has five museums on site and you can access all of them with a single ticket, which manifests itself as a wristband. In order of interest, they are the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum (timed entry), Smith Art Museum, D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Wood Museum of Springfield History, and the Springfield Science Museum.
The standard automotive and railway history gallery dominates the first floor of the museum. The Knox Automobile Company was based in Springfield, known for making motor tricycles in 1899. Duryea was the first American car company to produce a six-cylinder engine in 1905. I had already spent a good couple of days in Detroit earlier in the year so breezed through this part of the museum.
The back of the first floor had glass cases full of items manufactured in the Springfield Valley region. Violins, motorcycles, games, and safety glass just to name a few. Upstairs, dozens of Indian motorcycles reminded me of the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee. The other half of the second floor was more or less a municipal history gallery featuring old storefronts and a weapons gallery sponsored by Smith & Wesson.
