Lowell
Lowell National Historic Park & Boott Cotton Mills Museum
This National Park, located in a restored 19th Century mill building, features a 1920s weave room exhibit featuring 88 power looms, audio-visual programs, interactive exhibits and more, tracing the nation’s industrial heritage. Site includes mills, worker housing, canals, and 19th-century commercial buildings.
Minimum Time Required: 1-2 hours
American Textile History Museum
Featuring the most significant integrated collection of textile history in North America chronicling the history of American textiles from the Colonial Era to the present. See demonstrations of weaving on 18th Century wooden looms and 19th Century industrial machinery, as well as an elegant clothing collection and changing exhibits covering a wide range of topics from fashion to new textile technologies. Student programs available.
Minimum Time Required: 1 hour
New England Quilt Museum
A showcase for traditional and contemporary quilts, the New England Quilt Museum’s permanent collection chronicles the development of quilt making in America. Quilting classes and community programs available.
Minimum Time Required: 1 hour
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
Come and enjoy live entertainment in this stunning auditorium that is central to the regions cultural and entertainment scene. Take in the grand architecture and magnificent setting along the Concord River. With seating for up to 3,000.
Lowell National Park Service
Visit the historical Lowell National Park to discover the early story of America’s Industrial Revolution. The park offers visitors an in-depth look into the past as the textile industry harnessed the power of the Merrimack River to boost the textile industry.
Whistler House Museum of Art
James McNeill Whistler's birthplace (circa 1823) owned and operated by the Lowell Art Association, Inc., the oldest art association in the country, houses an exhibit of Whistler etchings and a Permanent Collection of 19th Century New England Artists. The adjacent Parker Gallery has changing exhibits of contemporary and historical works. Performances, lectures and art classes offered. Open Year Round.
