Nice and Easy Walk: Crossroads Edition
An easy-paced, 1 to 2-mile guided walk, along the Canalside Rail Trail or downtown Turners Falls, geared for seniors, but open to all ages. Join others seeking fresh air and […]
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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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Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States
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Food, Farms, and Factories: Sunday Matinee Documentary Series – A Long Row in Fertile Ground
FeaturedGreat Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesA Long Row in Fertile Ground by WGBY. The story of agriculture in Western New England. Meet retired WGBY General Manager Rus Peotter for a discussion after the film. Snow […]
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Postponed to 2/4 at 2 p.m. – Food, Farms, and Factories: Sunday Matinee Documentary Double Feature – Genesis of Turners Falls Community and the Franklin County Fair
FeaturedGreat Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesThis program is postponed to 2/4 at 2 p.m. due to the forecast of inclement weather. Double Feature from the Montague Historical Society! The Genesis of the Turners Falls Community […]
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Food, Farms, and Factories: Sunday Matinee Documentary Double Feature – Genesis of Turners Falls Community and the Franklin County Fair
FeaturedGreat Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesDouble Feature from the Montague Historical Society! The Genesis of the Turners Falls Community - The post-colonial creation of Montague’s largest village. "This 20 minute 'crash course' history of the […]
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Food, Farms, and Factories: Sunday Matinee Documentary Series – Root Hog or Die
FeaturedGreat Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesRoot Hog or Die by Rawn Fulton and Newbold Noyes. Western Massachusetts farmers describe their lives in the 1970s. Meet Rawn Fulton for a discussion after the film. Snow date: […]
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Food, Farms, and Factories: Sunday Matinee Documentary Series – Food for Change
FeaturedGreat Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesFood for Change: The Story of Cooperation in America by Steve Alves. A film focusing on food co-ops as a force for dynamic social and economic change. Meet filmmaker Steve […]
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Food, Farms, and Factories Exhibit: New Roots in River Banks*
FeaturedGreat Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesAn exhibit on Polish and other Eastern European immigration stories and their contributions in the Connecticut River Valley. Presented by the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and funded by Mass Humanities […]
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Factory Talk: The John Russell Cutlery Company
FeaturedGreat Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesA historical presentation on the John Russell Cutlery Company and the Turners Falls community. Part of our Food, Farms, and Factories program series. For teens and adults. *In 2024, the […]
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Food, Farms, and Factories* Exhibit Reception: New Roots in River Banks
FeaturedJoin the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association for a reception in the Great Hall celebrating Polish and and other Eastern European immigration stories and their contributions in the Connecticut River Valley. […]
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Factory Talk: The Griswold Cotton Mill
FeaturedGreat Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesA historical presentation on the Griswold Cotton Mill and the community of Turners Falls. Part of our 2024 Food, Farms, and Factories program series. For teens and adults. *In 2024, […]
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CISA’s Field Notes Returns
FeaturedAcademy of Music 274 Main Street, Northampton, MA, United StatesThe Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center reminds you that CISA's Field Notes Returns! More info and tickets at tinyurl.com/CISAFN2024. Back for a fifth year, this live storytelling event […]
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Food, Farms, and Factories Series – Ukrainian Egg Decorating at the Rendezvous
FeaturedRendezvous 78 3rd Street, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesIn celebration of the Polish and Eastern European immigrant community's contributions to local farms and factories, in conjunction with the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association's exhibit, New Roots in River Banks, […]
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