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.

  • The Secret Lives of Turners Falls Germans

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

    After the canal was rebuilt in 1869, German immigrants were among the first to move to Turners Falls and first to witness the planned village’s growing pains. Join DCR staff […]

    Free
  • Nice & Easy Walk

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

    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 along the way. […]

    Free
  • Postponed until March 1st: A Bridge Too Far

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

    We are postponing our program 'A Bridge Too Far' until March 1st, 2-3 p.m. See you then!  Here are the details:What about building new bridges in Gilded Age Turners Falls […]

    Free
  • Nice & Easy Walk

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

    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 along the way. […]

    Free
  • Nice & Easy Walk

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

    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 along the way. […]

    Free
  • A Bridge Too Far

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

    What about building new bridges in Gilded Age Turners Falls drove neighbors and whole towns against each other? How do these dramas and debates that played out in newspapers and […]

    Free
  • To Breathe Freely: Tenements of Turners Falls

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

    As the brick blocks went up, the Turners Falls tenements tested every aspect of the town, from its ability to deal with disease to what laborers expected from their lot […]

    Free
  • Nice & Easy Walk – Tenements of Turners Falls

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

    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 along the way. […]

    Free
  • Saturday Matinee Documentaries: Millers Falls Tools & Martin Machine Co.

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

    Join us for two back-to-back documentaries, brought back to life by the Montague Historical Society, about local machine companies. Join Ed Gregory and Chris Clawson from the Montague Historical Society, […]

    Free
  • Quabbin Obscura: The Swift River in Black-&-White

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

    From farm to canvas to camera, artist Burt V. Brooks (1849-1934) captured the landscapes and daily life in the “drowned towns” before the Quabbin Reservoir (today managed by DCR) was […]

    Free
  • Nice & Easy Walk – Riverside neighborhood in Gill.

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

    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 along the way. […]

    Free
  • Nice & Easy Walk

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

    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 along the way. […]

    Free