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.
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.
Deep 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 […]
Free and for all ages. Join Wildland Firefighters from the DCR Bureau of Fire Control & Forestry. Hear a reading of the Smokey Bear Story. Learn about campfire safety. Tour a Wildland Fire Engine, try a scavenger hunt, and meet Smokey Bear himself! Take home a Smokey Story mini book and a party favor bag, […]
Join 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 […]
Eastern 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 […]
Eastern 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 […]
Start the New Year off on the right foot! A leisurely guided 3-mile stroll on the Canalside Rail Trail. This family-friendly hike follows a gentle, level route. Discover the abundant natural, historical, and cultural features that make the Discovery Center and rail trail an amazing state park! Dress appropriately for winter weather. Wear comfortable winter […]
This annual holiday event starts at the Great Falls Discovery Center where kids can make a winter bird feeder from 2-5pm. Shops are open until 8pm along the Avenue A and Third Street. SANTA will arrive at Spinner Park (Avenue A and Fourth Street) to collect the letters from the magic mailbox at 6:30pm! Brick House Pop-Up […]
The Nolumbeka Project presents the Annual Beaver Moon Gathering in the Great Hall Saturday. Enjoy a presentation by Christine DeLucia, author of Memory Lands. Knowledge, Sovereignty, and Freedom in the Eighteenth-Century Northeast, Christine DeLucia talk traces intertwined lives of Indigenous, African-American, Afro-Indigenous, and Euro-colonial people in the Northeast/New England across the eighteenth century. The talk illuminates how […]
