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  • Explore the Hitchcock Center’s New Grounds

    Fieldtrip Location

    Pete McLean, Education Director at Book & Plow Farm and Ted Watt, Hitchcock Center Naturalist Saturday, June 18, 9am-noon Modeled on the bioblitz approach to gathering extensive data about specific […]

    $20 – $24

  • Summer Camp Session 1: No Place Like Home

    Ages 6-7  & Ages 8-10  June 27 – July 1 (one week) $275 members/ $305 non-members Do you know who is living in your backyard and beyond? Come explore a variety […]

    $275 – $305

  • Summer Camp Session 2: Ew, That’s Gross

    Ages 6-7  & Ages 8-10  July 5-8 (one week; no camp July 4) $220 members / $244 non-members Do you love bugs, snakes and slugs? Do you love digging in the […]

    $220 – $244

  • Summer Camp Session 3: What Would Nature Do?

    Ages 6-7 & Ages 8-10  July 11-22 (two weeks) $495 members / $ 525 non-members What is the best way to cool off on a hot day? How can we save […]

    $495 – $525

  • Summer Camp Session 3: Leadership Training camp

    Ages 11-13 July 11-22 (two weeks) $595 members / $625 Leadership Training Camp is back for its third season in Summer 2016! We are thrilled to be continuing this program […]

    $595 – $625

  • Hitchcock’s new “living” building site tour

    Thursday, July 14, 4:30-5pm Join us at our our construction site for a free tour. Open to all, no registration required. Park and meet in the Red Barn parking lot at Hampshire College. Locate […]

    FREE

  • Nature Discovery Preschool

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Under Your Toes to Above Your Nose – Layers of the Forest with Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (adult required to attend with child) Fridays, Morning session: 9:30am-11:30am Afternoon session: 1:00pm-3:00pm September […]

    $205 – $225

  • Summer Camp Session 4: Clues to Nature’s Past

    Ages 6-7 & Ages 8-10  July 25 – August 5 (two weeks) $495 members / $525 non-members Come find out what the Pioneer Valley was like millions of years ago! With […]

    $495 – $525

  • Summer Camp Session 5: Rube Goldberg Machines Week!

    Ages 6-7 & Ages 8-10  August 8 – 12 (one week) $275 members / $305 non-members Rube Goldberg is back by popular demand in the summer of 2016! You’ll love this […]

    $275 – $305

  • Hitchcock Center Closed for Moving

    The Hitchcock Center staff is migrating to our new living building home. We invite you to come visit us when we reopen in our new home located at 845 West St. in […]