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A student explores how waterpower works during the Power to Production field trip.

Jim Higgins

The Tsongas Industrial History Center is a hands-on center where students learn about the American Industrial Revolution through activities and tours of the sites where history—and science—happened. Students "do history" by weaving, working on an assembly line, role-playing immigrants, voting in a town meeting, or becoming inventors. Students can also "do science" as they use the engineering design process, manipulate simple machines, create canal systems and test water wheels, measure water quality, trace the flow of groundwater pollution, or discover river cleanup techniques.

The Tsongas Industrial History Center is a education partnership between the University of Massachusetts Lowell School of Education and National Park Service at Lowell National Historical Park, which each provide a portion of the funding and staff to operate the Center.

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In-Person Reservations Now Accepted

Thank you for your interest in Tsongas Industrial History Center education programs. We are currently accepting reservations for in-person programs for the 2024-25 school year.

Reservations should be made early for the best availability of dates. Some programs may only be offered on certain days and times of the year.

For more information, visit the Tsongas Industrail History Center Field Trip Page.

In-Park Programs:

The following programs will be available for the 2024-25 school year.

Bale to Bolt	Power to Production
Change in the Making	River as a Classroom
Community Connections	Workers on the Line
Engineer It!	Yankees & Immigrants

Please note: Virtual Field Trips will remain available throughout this school year. We encourage you to consider these popular programs for your classes!

Call us at 978-970-5080 to reserve in-person, in-school, or Virtual Field Trip programs. You may also send an email with contact information, preferred programs, dates, questions, and the best time for a follow up call to [e-mail]. Staff will be in contact to finalize your reservation.