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 […]

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 day trips, crafts, songs and nature hikes, we will make connections between our local ecosystems of today and those of prehistoric times, including the animals, […]

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 camp if you love watching energy flow from one thing to another, like in marble runs, water walls and falling dominoes! We will spend this […]

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 […]

Visitor Center/Reception The Visitor Center will be the heart of our new living building. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to greet the public and introduce them to our building and philosophy, as well as orient them to our programs, trails, gardens, and exhibits, etc. This will also include sharing the live animals, answering the phones, […]

Visitor Center/Reception The Visitor Center will be the heart of our new living building. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to greet the public and introduce them to our building and philosophy, as well as orient them to our programs, trails, gardens, and exhibits, etc. This will also include sharing the live animals, answering the phones, […]

with Katie Koerten Ages 6-8 Tuesdays, 10:00am-2:00pm 10 classes: September 13, 20, October 4, 11, 18, November 1, 8, 22, 29, December 6 Members: $420/Non-members: $448 Come to our first homeschool class in the new Hitchcock Center Living Building, now in a 10-week format! This fall we’ll be learning all about bears, bats, squirrels and […]

with Jeff Mazur Ages 9-12 Tuesdays, 10:00am-2:00pm 10 classes: September 13, 20, October 4, 11, 18, November 1, 8, 22, 29, December 6 Members: $420/Non-members: $448 Join us to become Eco-photographers! We will be using the camera as a tool to study nature and enhance our observation skills. We’ll explore our world by viewing it […]

Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program for children ages 6–9 is all about getting kids outside to run, jump, climb, splash, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kid. There are […]

with Jennifer Unkles Wednesday, September 14, 4-6pm OR Saturday, September 17, 4pm (after Caterpillar Lab) FREE, but registration appreciated It's time to tag monarchs before they head south to the […]