Friends of The Great Falls Discovery Center
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.
Root 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: […]
Food 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 […]
An 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 […]
A 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 […]
Join 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. […]
A 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, […]
The 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 […]
In 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, […]
Easy-paced, 1 to 2-mile guided walk, along the Canalside Rail Trail or downtown Turners Falls, geared for seniors, but open to all. Enjoy natural and local history highlights along the […]
As part of our Food, Farms, and Factories programming, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association’s exhibit in our hallway gallery explores the history of agriculture in our fertile floodplain valley--from indigenous […]