Amelia Park Children’s Museum Announces Plans for Farm in the Woods

WESTFIELD — Diane Chambers, executive director of Amelia Park Children’s Museum, announced plans for an outdoor playscape called Farm in the Woods, scheduled to open this summer.

In 2025, the museum was awarded a grant through the Beveridge Family Foundation for concept, construction, and fabrication of the outdoor play space. The funding allowed the museum to hire Panoptic Design/Build, a museum exhibit designer and fabricator based in West Springfield, to create designs.

“Panoptic is so excited to be working on the Farm in the Woods exhibit for the Amelia Park Children’s Museum, with a community that has earnestly and enthusiastically supported this project,” Panoptic designer Terra Fletcher said. “The Farm in the Woods is intended to bring out the best parts of growing up on a farm in New England: curious observation, secret hideaways, exciting adventures, and always something new to discover. It examines the place of farms in the broader ecosystem, exploring themes of biodiversity and connectedness with playful interactives. We look forward to visitors coming here for the classic outdoor fun of sand, slides, and garden beds, and returning again and again with their friends and families to keep building curiosity and resilience.”

Sponsorships for Farm in the Woods are still available. For more information, email [email protected] or call (413) 572-4014.