The world’s first museum dedicated to the life and work of Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, is set to open in his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts as soon as 2016. The venture will be a welcome addition to the museum circuit of western Mass, already home to the Art Picture Book Museum, the Norman Rockwell Museum, and the Yiddish Book Center, and will be a lively center for education programs as well as cultural artifacts. Visitors can look forward to kid-sized recreations of the real Springfield sights that inspired later Seussical staples, including the dogwoods that would become truffula trees, the city zoo, and of course, the famed Mulberry Street.
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