March 9 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Free 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 … [Read more...] about Quabbin Obscura: The Swift River in Black-&-White
Local History
History Weekend! March 1 and 2
A Bridge Too Far: March 1 @ 2-3 pm Free 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 … [Read more...] about History Weekend! March 1 and 2
The Secret Lives of Turners Falls Germans
February 8 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Free. 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. … [Read more...] about The Secret Lives of Turners Falls Germans
First Friday: Make Your Own Paper!
January 3 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Free Every First Friday of the Month, Turners Falls businesses and organizations stay open late. Join us for a craft night of tin-can papermaking in the Great Hall and … [Read more...] about First Friday: Make Your Own Paper!
DCR Announces New Indigenous Peoples Partnership Coordinator – Meet and Greet: Leah Hopkins
Wednesday, November 20 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Please welcome Leah Hopkins to DCR, serving as the newly-created Indigenous People’s Partnership Coordinator. An enrolled member of the Narragansett Indian … [Read more...] about DCR Announces New Indigenous Peoples Partnership Coordinator – Meet and Greet: Leah Hopkins
Great Hall Exhibit: A First-Class Machine Shop
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