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Community Conversations: Education

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

The City of Lowell has always put quality education for everyone in the forefront. Join us for an evening of exploring what education is, was, and can be, and how it contributes to the vibrant community that we enjoy. Guest speakers include: Frank Clark, education ranger at Lowell National Historical Park and the Tsongas Industrial […]

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Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Inhabitants follows five Native American Tribes across deserts, coastlines, forests, and prairies as they restore their traditional land management practices. Film duration - 76 min Free parking at 350 Dutton Street in the Hamilton Parking Garage. Pick up a chaser ticket at the Visitor Center front desk to use when exiting the garage).

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A Century Apart: Mill Girls and Working Women in Lowell

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Join two Park Rangers as they discuss the lives of women working in Lowell a century apart. The presentation will explore how women's work environment, home life and leisure activities can be compared between the Mill Girls in the 1840s and women workers during the 1940s in Lowell. (Free parking at 350 Dutton Street in […]

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Building Independence (Walking Tour)

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Women have found different ways to claim independence over time, even when it wasn’t readily given. Join a ranger for this 1-hour walking tour of downtown Lowell to learn how the buildings that created the city of Lowell also offered women a chance at independence previously unheard of. Explore some of the ways the women […]

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Acre Neighborhood Walking Tour

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Parish Historian and Archivist David McKean and will lead a walking tour of “God’s Holy Acre”. The tour will last one hour and will involve an hour of walking and standing. They request that you wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather. This event is free and open to all. (Free parking at 350 […]

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Women’s Action During the American Civil War (Walking Tour)

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

While no battles of the Civil War were fought in Lowell, the people of Lowell were involved in a variety of ways, from fighting to providing support. One group not in the forefront of the conversation that aided in the war effort was the US Sanitary Commission made up of women of the Union. Join […]

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Helen Augusta Whittier: Leader, Activist, Mill Owner

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

When you think of a mill owner, a man’s name or face probably comes to mind initially. While it’s true that most owners of mills in the 18th and 19th century were men, there was one woman who joined them. Join a Ranger on a journey through the life of Helen Whittier, considered to be […]

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Lowell Mill Girls (Walking Tour)

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Who were the “Mill Girls”? Join a Ranger for a walk-through downtown Lowell to learn about some of the first workers in the textile factories of Lowell. Discover the choices, hardships, and opportunities that were afforded to the Mill Girls by exploring downtown Lowell. The walk will cover 0.75 miles of walking and will involve […]

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Eco-Film Series: “No Time To Waste”

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Celebrate legendary 100-year-old park ranger Betty Reid Soskin's inspiring life, work and urgent mission to restore critical missing chapters in America's story. (52 mins.) The 2024 Eco-Film Series is presented by the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust on the last Tuesday of every month, January through June. This free series is offered annually in partnership […]

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‘Contradictory Place’: Cotton Mills Alongside Anti-Slavery Efforts in Lowell Massachusetts a Film Screening and Discussion

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Join us for a screening of the documentary film ‘Contradictory Place’: Cotton Mills Alongside Anti-Slavery Efforts in Lowell Massachusetts featuring Prof. Robert Forrant of the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Public Historian Maritza Grooms. The film describes the extraordinary anti-slavery efforts taking place in the mid-19th century in Lowell. Forrant and Grooms visit the sites […]

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Lowell Kids Week: Creating Poetry in Parks

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

All Ages Join rangers from three national park to explore the creation of poetry and the variety that can be found in poems through history. Follow a story walk and learn how to write a poem and then make your own little book to write your poems down in. Read and explore the poems that […]

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Lowell Kids Week: Stuffie Sleepover

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States +1 more

All ages Bring a stuffed animal friend and drop them off with a park ranger so your stuffed animal can spend a night at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum for a fun sleepover. The next day, collect your stuffed animal at the Visitor Center after their sleepover with other stuffed animal friends. Visit our website […]

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