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 […]

    Free
  • Artist reception: Cameron Schmitz: Where We Are, Together *

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

    View Cameron Schmitz’s exhibit of paintings, enjoy refreshments, and meet the artist. Cameron Schmitz uses color and mark-making as her language of expression. At 4:15 p.m., Cameron speaks briefly about […]

    Free