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.

  • Mammals of the North Woods Presentation and Friends Group Annual Meeting

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

    Dawn Marvin Ward, naturalist/educator, presents a slide show on mammals common to the New England woodlands followed by a hands-on sharing of related nature findings. Dawn is an educator and naturalist who has been sharing her appreciation of nature to folks of all ages for over 30 years now, and she is a board member […]

    Free
  • Dino Trail Week* – Dinosaur Footprints at Barton Cove: History and Geology Walk

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

    Join Sarah Doyle and a guest geologist/paleontologist for a leisurely walk around Barton Cove in Gill, MA. Learn about the role of this site in the 19th-century discovery of fossilized dinosaur footprints when the property was owned by Roswell Field, a local farmer and businessman who was an early discoverer of the tracks. Dress for […]

    Free