http://www.pioneervalley.info The who, what, where site for the Pioneer Valley Thu, 17 May 2012 21:30:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/amherst/the-bassett-planetarium_id=626 http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/amherst/the-bassett-planetarium_id=626#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:52:17 +0000 Jo Landers http://localhost/pv_new/?p=626 Amherst, MA 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…]]> http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/amherst/the-bassett-planetarium_id=626/feed/ 0 http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/amherst/the-amherst-college-museum-of-natural-history_id=624 http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/amherst/the-amherst-college-museum-of-natural-history_id=624#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:41:46 +0000 Jo Landers http://localhost/pv_new/?p=624 The Amherst College Museum of Natural History (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…]]> http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/amherst/the-amherst-college-museum-of-natural-history_id=624/feed/ 0 http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/amherst/the-hitchcock-center_id=622 http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/amherst/the-hitchcock-center_id=622#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:24:18 +0000 Jo Landers http://localhost/pv_new/?p=622 http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampshire-county/amherst/the-hitchcock-center_id=622/feed/ 0 http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampden-county/springfield/springfield-science-museum_id=46 http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampden-county/springfield/springfield-science-museum_id=46#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:23:29 +0000 Jo Landers http://www.pioneervalley.info/towns/hampden-county/springfield/springfield-science-museum_id=46/feed/ 0