Great Falls Discovery Center
Parking
Handicap accessible parking is available immediately after the Gill-Montague bridge on the right. The main parking lot is just around the corner. Take the next right onto Second St, then a right to enter the lot.
Turners Falls, Beaver Moon Gathering
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MAThe Nolumbeka Project presents the Annual Beaver Moon Gathering in the Great Hall Saturday. Spend the afternoon with Angela C. Marcellino, author of the cookbook and memoir “The True Natives of Cape Cod Massachusetts and their Food Ways”. Saturday, November 16, 1 p.m., Great Falls Discovery Center in Turners Falls. The recipes tell the story…
Turners Falls, Agriculture Exhibit Reception & Talk
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MADeep Roots: A History of Agriculture in the Connecticut River Valley Ongoing, Starting Nov. 9 As part of our Food, Farms, and Factories programming, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association’s exhibit in our hallway gallery explores the history of agriculture in our fertile floodplain valley--from indigenous land use before English settlement to today’s Community Involved in…
Northfield Mountain, Walk
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MAJoin us on Saturday, June 22nd from 10:30 until noon for a free plant walk exploring the bountiful wild edible and medicinal herbs of late spring and early summer! We'll discuss identification, medicinal and edible uses, recipes, and sustainable harvesting practices for many of our locally abundant plants. Pre-registration is required at www.bookeo.com/northfield. Jade Alicandro…
Turners Falls, Crafts
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MAEastern European Culture: Family Craft Activities Friday, April 19, 1:00—5:00 p.m. Discover how Eastern European immigrant families influenced and enhanced life in the Connecticut River Valley. Join Helena Alves and Patty Solomon, Museum Educators from the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association’s Deerfield Teachers’ Center, for drop-in family craft activities. Explore pysanki egg painting, paper cutting designs…
Turners Falls, Talk
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MAEastern European Immigration & Industrialization in Massachusetts Sunday, April 14, 2:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Polish and other Eastern European immigrants arrived in the Connecticut River Valley to begin new lives as small farmers and factory workers. Learn about this migration in a talk by Robert Forrant, Distinguished University…
