• Boott Cotton Mills Museum with Trolley

    Lowell

    National Historical Park Massachusetts

Operating Hours & Seasons

Park Facility
March 10-May 24, 2013
Visitor Center
9:00am-5:00pm, daily
Boott Cotton Mills Museum
9:30am-5:00pm, daily
Mill Girls & Immigrants Exhibit
1:30pm-5:00pm, daily
Trolleys Seven Day Operation
Tours: Views of Lowell Trolley Tour
Saturday & Sunday, 2:30pm



 
Park Facility
May 25 - June 16, 2013
Visitor Center
9:00am-5:00pm, daily
Boott Cotton Mills Museum
9:30am-5:00pm, daily
Mill Girls & Immigrants Exhibit
1:30pm-5:00pm, daily
Trolleys Seven Day Operation
TrolleyTours: Views of Lowell Trolley Tour
Monday & Friday, 2:30pm
Canal Boat Tours: Working the Water
Saturday, Sunday & Memorial Day, 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm
Gudied Walk: Downtown Walk
12:30pm, daily
Ranger Talks: Boott Mills & Mill Girls & Immigrants Exhibit
11AM & 3:30pm (Boott Mills), 2pm & 4pm (Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit)
Museum MeetUp: Boott Mills
1:00pm, daily

 
CURRENT PARK OPERATING HOURS

 
SEASON-SPECIFIC PARK OPERATING HOURS

VISITOR CENTER
| 246 Market Street | (978) 970-5000
HOURS:

* CLOSED, Christmas Day, December 25, and New Years Day, January 1, 2013.
March 10 - May 24, 2013: 9:00am-5:00pm, daily.

Special Programs, Exhibits, Available Facilties
Award-winning video program, "Lowell: The Industrial Revelation." Introductory exhibits to park stories and resources. Children's Corner. Restrooms, general information on your park visit, as well as area lodging, cultural institutions, and dining is available.


MILL GIRLS & IMMIGRANTS EXHIBIT
| 40 French Street | (978) 970-5000
HOURS:

*CLOSED, Christmas Day, December 25 and New Years Day, January 1, 2013.
March 10 - May 24, 2013: 1:30pm-5:00pm, daily.

Exhibits, Facilities

Explore the history of "mill girls" and immigrants in a Boott Mill boardinghouse. The "Mill Girls and Immigrants" Exhibit, located in the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center, tells the human story of the Industrial Revolution by concentrating on the working people of Lowell.
Restrooms.

BOOTT COTTON MILLS MUSEUM | 115 John St. (formerly 400 Foot of John St.) | (978) 970-5000
HOURS:

* CLOSED, Christmas Day, December 25 and New Years Day, January 1, 2013.
March 10 - May 24, 2013: 9:030am-5:00pm, daily.

ADMISSION:
Adults, $6.00; Youths, 6-16 & Students $3.00; Senior Discount; Children 5 and under free.

Exhibits
Don't miss the roar of a 1920s weave room with operating power looms for a sense of the textile millworkers' experience! The Boott Cotton Mills Museum includes the weave room plus interactive exhibits and video programs about the Industrial Revolution, labor, and the rise, fall, and rebirth of Lowell.

UMASS CENTER FOR LOWELL HISTORY &
THE PATRICK J. MOGAN CULTURAL CENTER | 40 French Street | (978) 970-5000
HOURS:

Center for Lowell History Hours are Monday through Friday only, 9am-5pm.
Saturdays 10:00am-3:00pm
Mogan Cultural Center Hours are Tuesdays only, 1:30pm - 4:30pm.

MOODY STREET FEEDER GATEHOUSE | Merrimack and Dutton Sts. | (978) 970-5000
HOURS:

Call to inquire about special group tour arrangements to visit this site.

Exhibits
Explore one of the preserved gatehouses that regulated the city's canal system producing waterpower for the textile mills.

RIVER TRANSFORMED EXHIBIT | 600 Suffolk St. | 978-970-5000
HOURS:

Call to inquire about special group tour arrangements to visit this site. See "Hidden History Tour" schedule for tour dates, here.

Exhibits
Insight on how the industrial revolution shaped our complex relationship with nature, a relationship that continues to evolve today, is told here.


NORTHERN CANAL WALKWAY | Entrance adjacent to 175 Aiken St. and/or Mammoth Rd/School St. Bridge. | (978) 970-5000
HOURS:

The historic walkway along the Northern Canal island is open when river conditions permit between May 15 and October 15. To find out the daily status if the walkway is open, please call the park at (978) 970-5000.

 

Did You Know?

Mile of Mills, Lowell National Historical Park

The Boyden Observatory of Bloemfontein, South Africa owes its existence to Uriah Boyden who left over $200,000 at his death in 1879. Mr. Boyden, an inventor, patented an outward flow turbine. He sold it to the Appleton Mills in Lowell, MA where he worked, home of Lowell National Historical Park.