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.

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  • Ongoing: Indoor StoryWalk ® — One Earth

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

    Enjoy the indoor StoryWalk®, One Earth by Eileen Spinelli, which is an open invitation to both celebrate our planet and honor it through stewardship. Count the reasons to love the […]

    Free

  • Ongoing: Outdoor StoryWalk® — Spring is Here!

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

    Enjoy a story, fresh air and exercise! Join us on the Discovery Center’s grounds for a free self-guided StoryWalk® featuring a children’s picture book. Follow the path to book pages posted […]

    Free

  • “The Extincts” Event and Drawing Demo

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

    Join the Montague Public Libraries and the Great Falls Discovery Center for a program and drawing demo with graphic novelist and illustrator Scott Magoon! This Mass Kids Lit Fest event […]

    Free

  • Kidleidoscope Story Hour —Birds

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

    For ages 3-6, accompanied by an adult. Learn more about our  wildlife neighbors in the Connecticut River Watershed. Program includes a story, activities, and crafts. Activities are indoors and outdoors, […]

    Free

  • Ongoing – Outdoor StoryWalk®— We Planted a Tree

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

    Ongoing: Outdoor StoryWalk®— We Planted a Tree Enjoy a story, fresh air and exercise! Join us on the Discovery Center’s grounds for a free self-guided StoryWalk® featuring a children’s picture […]

    Free

  • Find Us at the Farmers Market!

    Peskeompskut Park Avenue A between 6th and 7th Streets, Turners Falls

    Join DCR staff for family activities at the Great Falls Farmers Market, located between 6th and 7th streets along Avenue A at Peskeompskut Park. In case of rain, you can […]

    Free

  • First Friday: Migratory Fish on 3rd Street

    Third Street - Downtown Turners Falls 24 - 42 Third Street, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    Join us on 3rd Street for RiverCulture’s First Friday event and learn all about migratory fish at our investigation station. During the event 3rd Street, from Avenue A to the Brick House, […]

    Free

  • Rain or Shine! 18th Annual Free Family Fishing Day

    Barton Cove Day Use Area Barton Cove Road, Gill, MA, United States

    Our annual Family Fishing Day, at Barton Cove, with additional activities at the Great Falls Discovery Center. Join us for a day of FREE fishing fun. Adults and children of […]

    Free

  • Fields & Forests—What Do Bees Need?

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

    Help us kick off Pollinator Week! Make your own native bee habitat by “painting” with yarn, fleece, pre-felt shapes and water. Will your bees live in a tree trunk or […]

    Free

  • Kidleidoscope Story Hour – Turtles

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

    Learn more about our wildlife neighbors in the Connecticut River Watershed. Program includes a story, activities, and crafts. Activities are indoors and outdoors, weather permitting. For ages 3-6, accompanied by […]

    Free

  • Kidleidoscope Story Hour – Fish

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

    Learn more about our wildlife neighbors in the Connecticut River Watershed. Program includes a story, activities, and crafts. Activities are indoors and outdoors, weather permitting. For ages 3-6, accompanied by […]

    Free

  • JAMB-O-Ree: A Jurassic Armored Mud Ball Unveiling and Celebration

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

    Join us in celebration of the arrival of an ancient boulder full of Jurassic Armored Mud Balls! Enjoy refreshments, a multi-media presentation by Professor of Geology, Richard Little, and meet […]

    Free