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Museums Special

Celebrating Dr. Seuss in Springfield

The Lorax in the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, which opened in ’02. The Lorax in the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, which opened in ’02.
October 23, 2011

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Springfield is the hometown of Theodor Seuss Geisel, who was born here in 1904 and is better known to the world as Dr. Seuss. So it’s here, at the Springfield Museums, that a passel of the characters from his books frolic and skulk around him in the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, which opened in 2002. Nearby, in the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, is a new permanent exhibition on Geisel called “And to Think that He Saw It in Springfield!’’

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SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS

21 Edwards St., Springfield. Museums open Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.; sculpture garden open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: $12.50, $9 seniors and college students, $6.50 ages 3-17; sculpture garden free. 800-625-7738, www.springfieldmuseums.org