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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.

Founded in part by Eric Carle, the renowned author and illustrator of more than 70 books, including the 1969 classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar, 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…

The Bassett Planetarium, at Amherst College in 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…