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.

  • Ongoing: Outdoor StoryWalk® — Mole Music

    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 Mole Music by David McPhail. For ages 4 to 7 and […]

    Free
  • Ongoing: Outdoor StoryWalk® — Thanks to the Animals

    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 Thanks to the Animals, by Allen Sockabasin. For young readers […]

    Free
  • Ongoing – Indoor StoryWalk® – Under the Snow

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

    Explore the lives of active and resting winter wildlife, in the book, Under the Snow, by Melissa Stewart. For ages 3 and up, accompanied by an adult. Meet at the […]

    Free
  • Ongoing – Indoor StoryWalk®- Tracks in the Snow

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

    Explore the lives of active and resting winter wildlife in the book Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee. For ages 3 and up, accompanied by an adult. Meet […]

    Free
  • Ongoing: Indoor Story Walk® — Rabbit’s Snow Dance

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

    Read master storytellers Joseph and James Bruchac’s Rabbit’s Snow Dance, a hip and funny take on an Iroquois folktale about the importance of patience, the seasons, and listening to your […]

    Free
  • Kidleidoscope Story Hour – Porcupines

    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
  • Ongoing – Indoor StoryWalk® – 999 Tadpoles

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

    Explore the lives of our favorite mud season amphibians. For ages 3 and up, accompanied by an adult. Meet at the welcome desk. Ongoing, March 1 – 14: 999 Tadpoles […]

    Free
  • Ongoing – Indoor StoryWalks® – The Salamander Room

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

    Explore the lives of our favorite mud season amphibians. For ages 3 and up, accompanied by an adult. Meet at the welcome desk. Ongoing, March 15 – 31: The Salamander […]

    Free
  • 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, an invitation to celebrate our planet and honor it through stewardship. For ages 4 and up, accompanied by an adult. Meet […]

    Free
  • Ongoing – Outdoor Story Walk®— Ruby’s Birds *

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

    Ongoing, April 18 – May 12 Enjoy a story, fresh air and exercise! Join us on the Discovery Center’s grounds for a free self-guided StoryWalk® featuring Ruby’s Birds. For ages […]

    Free