Great Falls Discovery Center

Phone (413) 863-3221
Website http://www.greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org

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  • Who’s Been Here? A Tracking Adventure

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

    Join DCR staff for a tracking adventure. Find out who has been outside in the snow. Investigate the mysterious signs that wildlife leave behind. Bundle up! For ages 3–8 with a parent or guardian. Siblings and friends are welcome. Meet…

  • Nice & Easy Walk at Great Falls Discovery Center

    Nice & Easy Walk
    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA

    Easy-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 highlights along the way. Dress for winter weather, sturdy footwear, and bring water.…

  • Nice & Easy Walk at Great Falls Discovery Center

    Nice & Easy Walk
    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA

    Easy-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 highlights along the way. Dress for winter weather, sturdy footwear, and bring water.…

  • Kidleidoscope Story Hour at Great Falls Discovery Center – When Will it be Spring?

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

    For 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, weather permitting. Siblings and friends welcome. Meet in the Great…

  • Nice & Easy Walk at Great Falls Discovery Center

    Nice & Easy Walk
    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA

    Easy-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 highlights along the way. Dress for winter weather, sturdy footwear, and bring water.…

  • Kidleidoscope Story Hour at Great Falls Discovery Center – Frogs

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

    For 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, weather permitting. Siblings and friends welcome. Meet in the Great…

  • Nice & Easy Walk at Great Falls Discovery Center

    Nice & Easy Walk
    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA

    Easy-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 highlights along the way. Dress for winter weather, sturdy footwear, and bring water.…

  • Kidleidoscope Story Hour at Great Falls Discovery Center – Salamanders

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

    For 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, weather permitting. Siblings and friends welcome. Meet in the Great…

  • Storywalk®: Call Me Tree, Llámame Árbol

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

    STORYWALK®: CALL ME TREE, LLÁMAME ÁRBOL Enjoy a story, fresh air and exercise! Come to the Great Falls Discovery Center for a free self-guided StoryWalk® featuring the children’s picture book Call Me Tree, Llámame Árbol by Maya Christina Gonzalez for…

  • Talk with the Indian Doctress: Interpreting 19th Century Native American Medicine

    Shea Theater 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA

    Dr. Marge Bruchac discusses research on Native medicinal plants and practitioners, the approaches she uses to make these histories visible, as part of our Food, Farms, and Factories project, in collaboration with the Nolumbeka Project. In 19th century New England,…

  • “Common Ground” Movie Showing

    Greenfield Garden Cinemas 361 Main Street, Greenfield, MA

    For older youth and adults. As part of the Great Falls Discovery Center's Food, Farms, and Factories project, the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) and Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) are kicking-off Climate Week with a free showing of…

  • Canal Drawdown History Stroll

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

    Check out the annual draining of the Turners Falls canal, take a stroll along the Canalside Rail Trail, and absorb local history with Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center staff and DCR staff. Meet at the entrance of the Center…

  • Source to Sea Cleanup: Canalside Rail Trail

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

    Hard work, real fun, true impact: the annual fall trash cleanup of the Connecticut River and its tributaries. Join DCR staff to clean-up the Canalside Rail Trail. To register, visit SourcetoSeaCleanup.org/event/Canalside-rail-trail, or contact DCR staff at 413-863-3221 for more information.…