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Food Farms and Factories - News Updates

Read updates below about our Food Farms and Factories Program.

Grange Celebration! 

December 7, 2024

December 7 @ 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm FREE Meet us at the Montague Common Hall at 34 Main Street in Montague Center for our Food, Farms, and Factories series closing event! Program includes a potluck … [Read more...] about Grange Celebration! 

Filed Under: Food Farms and Factories, Music, News

Climate Stories Music: Performance and Presentation *

November 1, 2024

November 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free Find inspiration to address the climate crisis through the power of creativity and storytelling. Musician and director of Climate Stories Project, … [Read more...] about Climate Stories Music: Performance and Presentation *

Filed Under: Food Farms and Factories, Nature, News, Science, Stewardship

Great Hall Exhibit: A First-Class Machine Shop

September 26, 2024

Our Great Hall building here at the center was once a machine shop for the Montague Paper Company. This exhibit examines the critical supporting role that metalworking and machining had in launching … [Read more...] about Great Hall Exhibit: A First-Class Machine Shop

Filed Under: Food Farms and Factories, Local History

Art Naturally: Paper Marbling *

September 20, 2024

September 21 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Free Discover nature and history through story, poetry, and art in our series of free art programs. Using words and images, instruction and techniques you create … [Read more...] about Art Naturally: Paper Marbling *

Filed Under: art, Food Farms and Factories, Nature

Talk With the Indian Doctress: * Interpreting 19th Century Native American Medicine

September 8, 2024

September 14 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm  At the Shea Theater, Dr. Marge Bruchac discusses research on Native medicinal plants and practitioners, the approaches she uses to make these histories visible, as … [Read more...] about Talk With the Indian Doctress: * Interpreting 19th Century Native American Medicine

Filed Under: Food Farms and Factories, Local History

Great Hall Exhibit:  Remnants * July 2 – July 28

June 30, 2024

Photographer Joe Wallace captures the stark beauty of Turners Falls’ abandoned Strathmore and Griswold mills. Interior photos from 2010 reveal remnants of the town’s industrial past along the Turners … [Read more...] about Great Hall Exhibit:  Remnants * July 2 – July 28

Filed Under: art, Food Farms and Factories, News

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The Great Falls Discovery Center

2 Avenue A,
Turners Falls, MA 01376
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Tuesday
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday – Sunday
10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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