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Lowell Kids Week with Mill City Grows

ROOT Community Space at Mill City Grows 19 Hall Street, Lowell, United States

Join Mill City Grows for a FREE indoor event during February School Vacation week in Lowell! We’ll enjoy a special story time with the staff of the Pollard Library Bookmobile, garden-themed activities with Mass Audubon Metro West, PLUS we’ll make a yummy snack with a fun twist! Activities are for all ages and abilities. We […]

Free

“Measure of Work” Sound Playground

Lowell National Historical Park - Boott Cotton Mills Museum, 2nd Floor 115 John Street, Lowell, United States

Come play with the sounds of work from the early days of Lowell! See if you can recreate some of the sounds farmers and factory workers would have heard in the past, and tinker around to make your own Lowell soundscape. This activity is part of the Measure of Work: Sounds of Labor in Lowell […]

Kids in Tech Presents: Midwinter Makers

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell 657 Middlesex St, Lowell, United States

Kids in Tech is hosting a Little Bits STEAM Adventure. This will be a hands-on workshop designed to spark creativity and curiosity during February vacation. Kids will work together to explore circuits and innovation using Little Bits, creating their own winter-inspired inventions. Participants will learn basic engineering and technology concepts while building projects like glowing […]

Free

Historic Crafts at the Boarding House

Mogan Cultural Center 40 French Street, Lowell, United States

How did people spend their free time in the cold winter months during the Industrial Revolution? What about 100 years earlier during the American Revolution? Join rangers from Lowell NHP and Minute Man NHP to try your hand at some cozy historic crafts. Make a candle, create a tin can lantern, and decorate your own […]

Let’s Trade

Mogan Cultural Center 40 French Street, Lowell, United States

One of the ways that Roger Williams, the founder of the English settlement of Providence, and the Indigenous peoples of Rhode Island and Massachusetts learned about each other was through trade. Join a ranger from Roger Williams National Memorial to learn about items that were important to people in this area in the 1600s. You […]

Be a Data Scientist at Discovery Museum

Be a Data Scientist at Discovery Museum

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Sunday, February 16 through Wednesday, February 19 | 10:00am to 2:00pm How tall are Discovery Museum visitors? What kind of pets do they have? Learn the answers to these questions and more as we play with data. We’ll use a variety of ways of collecting and displaying data while exploring some fun and silly science.

Free with admission
Dream City at Discovery Museum

Dream City at Discovery Museum

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week and this year’s theme “Welcome to the Future”! Engage in some everyday engineering as we design a city where we can all thrive together while celebrating our uniqueness and supporting the planet we share. Help us collaboratively illustrate our future Dream City by adding your vision to […]

Free with admission
Dream City at Discovery Museum

Dream City at Discovery Museum

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week and this year’s theme “Welcome to the Future”! Engage in some everyday engineering as we design a city where we can all thrive together while celebrating our uniqueness and supporting the planet we share. Help us collaboratively illustrate our future Dream City by adding your vision to […]

Free with admission

Lowell Winterfest 2025

City of Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

One of Lowell’s most beloved annual traditions, Lowell Winterfest is a can’t-miss weekend festival that showcases some of the best the city has to offer. You can shake off those winter blues and experience a memorable and epic festival right in downtown Lowell. From local food to live entertainment to shopping, there’s no shortage of […]

Dream City at Discovery Museum

Dream City at Discovery Museum

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week and this year’s theme “Welcome to the Future”! Engage in some everyday engineering as we design a city where we can all thrive together while celebrating our uniqueness and supporting the planet we share. Help us collaboratively illustrate our future Dream City by adding your vision to […]

Free with admission