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		<title>Art in the Orchard</title>
		<link>http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/easthampton/art-in-the-orchard_id=1028</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art in the Orchard (AiO) is seeking entries from sculptors to show their work in a unique outdoor exhibit set on the grounds of Park Hill Orchard, Easthampton, MA]]></description>
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		<title>The Bassett Planetarium</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bassett Planetarium, at Amherst College in <a href="/towns/hampshire-county/amherst">Amherst, MA</a>  is open to groups by appointment only. Admission is free.

The planetarium is unusual in that it has not gone digital. The night sky is shown&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Amherst College Museum of Natural History</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Especially for Kids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.amherst.edu/museums/naturalhistory" target="_blank">The Amherst College Museum of Natural History</a> (formerly the Pratt Museum) contains three floors of exhibits and over 1700 individual specimens. There are a variety of displays on vertebrate evolution and extinction, geology of the Connecticut River Valley, and the world's largest collection of dinosaur tracks, many from&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Hitchcock Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hitchcock Center for the Environment, located in Amherst, MA, offers natural history programs for both children and adults, as well as a resource center. Located in the Larch Hill conservation area, the trails and butterfly garden are open to the public during daytime hours.]]></description>
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		<title>Museums</title>
		<link>http://www.pioneervalley.info/see-and-do/museums/museums_id=616</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the universities and colleges in the area, as well as an incredible number of artists and craftspeople, it's no wonder there's also a wide range of world-class museums.]]></description>
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		<title>Smith College Museum of Art</title>
		<link>http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/northampton/smith-college-museum-of-art_id=561</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a world famous collection and a tradition of making its holdings accessible to the public, the Smith College Museum of Art has long been an asset to the city of Northampton. The permanent collection includes more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Springfield Science Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampden-county/springfield/springfield-science-museum_id=46</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Springfield Science Museum
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA  01103
Phone: 413-263-6800

Discover the wonders of science through the live animal Solutia Eco-Center, the cultures and animals in R.E. Phelon African Hall, Dinosaur Hall with its towering Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Seymour Planetarium, Mineral Hall, early&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Hadley Farm Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.pioneervalley.info/history/hadley-farm-museum_id=45</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early New England farm equipment in a restored 1782 barn: blacksmith tools, ox cart, stage coach, plows, early domestic appliances from the colonial period through the civil&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art</title>
		<link>http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/amherst/eric-carle-museum-of-picture-book-art_id=634</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founded in part by Eric Carle, the renowned author and illustrator of more than 70 books, including the 1969 classic <em>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</em>, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is the first full-scale museum in this country devoted to national and international picture book art, conceived and built with the aim of celebrating the art that we are first exposed to as children. The Museum features three Galleries&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>More Museums</title>
		<link>http://www.pioneervalley.info/see-and-do/museums/more-museums_id=27</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use this page for museums that don't quite fit into the other existing categories. Most links take you directly to their respective websites. If you have anything to say about any of the listings (or a new one to add) please post a comment. If you have enough to say&#8230;]]></description>
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