Postponed until March 1st: A Bridge Too Far
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 […]
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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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Kidleidoscope Story Hour – Winter Birds
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesFor ages 3-6, accompanied by an adult. Learn more about our wildlife neighbors in the Connecticut River Watershed. Program includes a story, activities, and crafts. Activities are indoors and outdoors, […]
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Nice & Easy Walk
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesEasy-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. […]
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Author Reading with Astrid Sheckels
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesAll ages. Local author, Astrid Sheckels, reads Hector Fox and the Map of Mystery. Look for animals from the story with a Map of Mystery scavenger hunt! Sponsored by the […]
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A French/Breton Jam Session
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesAll ages. An informal group of musicians gathers to play the enchanting traditional dance music from France and Brittany, commonly known as bal folk. This is not a performance but […]
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Kidleidoscope Story Hour – Beavers
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesFor ages 3-6, accompanied by an adult. Learn more about our wildlife neighbors in the Connecticut River Watershed. Program includes a story, activities, and crafts. Activities are indoors and outdoors, […]
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Nice & Easy Walk
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesEasy-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. […]
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Ongoing – Indoor Story Walk® 999 Tadpoles
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesExplore the lives of our favorite mud season amphibians. For ages 3 and up, accompanied by an adult. Meet at the welcome desk. The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne […]
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Ongoing Great Hall Exhibit— Cameron Schmitz: Where We Are, Together
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesThe Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA), in partnership with Montague Public Libraries, celebrates its eighth National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read. Focused on Ross Gay’s book of poetry, […]
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A Bridge Too Far
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesWhat 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 […]
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To Breathe Freely: Tenements of Turners Falls
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesAs 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 […]
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Nice & Easy Walk – Tenements of Turners Falls
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesEasy-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. […]
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