Events

The Great Falls Discovery Center hosts community programs and events, rotating art exhibits in our Great Hall and a Coffee House hosted by the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center.

Great Hall Exhibit:  Local Birds in Colored Pencil

Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

Artist Mark Majeski takes photographs of birds and plants and arranges them into collages as a guide for his drawings. Using this process, he emphasizes the coloration and behavior of […]

Free

Art Naturally: Leaf Printing

Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

Discover nature and history through story, poetry, and art in our series of free art programs. Using words and images, instruction and techniques you create an art piece inspired by […]

Free

Ongoing – Great Hall Art Exhibit: Junior Duck Stamps

Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

Sharing space with the First-Class Machine Shop exhibit in the Great Hall, see the top Massachusetts youth entries for the 2024 Junior Duck Stamp competition! This state-wide art contest by […]

Free

Make Your Own Junior Duck Stamp!

Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

In celebration of our Junior Duck Stamp exhibit in the Great Hall, have some hot chocolate And make your own Junior Duck stamp too! All ages. Meet in the Great […]

Free

Zine on the River

Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

Make a small booklet, a habitat zine, from a single piece of paper, then fill it with your nature observations for this drop-in program. Cut and draw in it to […]

Free

Building a Blizzard: Snowflakes in the Great Hall!

Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

Get inspired by the story of Vermont’s Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley and his obsession with snowflakes. In this drop-in program make your own unique snowflake art. Keep it simple making paper […]

Free

Ongoing Great Hall Exhibit— Cameron Schmitz: Where We Are, Together

Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA), in partnership with Montague Public Libraries, celebrates its eighth National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read. Focused on Ross Gay’s book of poetry, […]

Free

Haiku Tiny Books *

Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

Co-sponsored by PVMA and Montague Public Libraries, join Denise Fontaine-Pincince in this hands-on workshop to create a ‘Tiny Book’ to showcase a haiku of your choice. Bring up to five […]

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