Event

Parker Lecture - Wool: Unraveling the American Story of Artisans and Innovation

• 11/04/2018 Location: Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (246 Market Street), Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Fee Information: Free Contact Name: Lowell National Historical Park Contact Phone Number: 978-970-5000
  The Parker Lecture Series continues with a presentation by Peggy Hart titled "Wool:Unraveling an American Story of Artisans and Innovation" at the Visitor Center theater on Sunday, November 4^th, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. The event is free and free parking is available in the nearby visitor center lot at 304 Dutton Street.
  
  Keeping Americans warm for four centuries, wool has been an essential commodity from colonial times to the present. Its colorful and epic tale has impacted millions of lives, including artisans, inventors, immigrants, merchants, mill owners, millworkers, farmers, slaves and Native Americans. Handcraft production gave way to industrialization, but is now back in the hands of knitters, weavers, felters, and other handcrafters. Wool is a story of technological and social change, marketing forces, and above all, consumer choices.
  
  This presentation is part of the Moses Greeley Parker Lecture Series.