For Kids

Become a Junior Ranger at Springfield Armory National Historic Site!

The Junior Ranger area in the Visitor Center has fun activities for ages 6 and up that encourage exploration and discovery using the park's museum and exhibits.

• Learn about David Lyle's "Life-Saving Gun" that threw ropes to ships and crews in distress!
• Discover the Springfield rifles of the Civil War!
• Meet the people and explore the inventions that contributed to the American Industrial Revolution!
• and much more!

Explore other Junior Ranger programs from across the National Park Service here

 

A new Junior Ranger poses with his certificate that he earned at Springfield Armory NHS!

Springfield Armory NHS, US NPS