Massachusetts Lowell National Historical Park map and highlights

Lowell National Historical Park in northeast Massachusetts, in Lowell. Detailed guide of Lowell National Historical Park.    

Lowell National Historical Park in northeast Massachusetts, in Lowell.    

America's Industrial Revolution is commemorated at this park,  which includes the Suffolk Mill turbine and authentic "mill girl"  boarding houses. The main sight is the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, which  encloses a weave room of 88 operating looms. Altogether, the informative  exhibits document the Northeast s transition from farm to factory, as  well as the history of immigrant labor. The site was authorized on June  5, 1978.    

WHAT TO SEE & DO    

Guided and self-guided tours. Facilities: Visitor center,  museum, movie. Programs & Events: Exhibits, self-guided tours.  Trolley tours (MarNov.), boat and walking tours (weekends late May-late  June, daily late June-mid-Oct; reservations required), museum talks  (late May-mid-Oct.). Kids Week (Feb., Apr), Lowell Women's Week, (1st  week, Mar.), Lowell Folk Festival (last full weekend, July), Lowell  Summer Music Festival (July and Aug.), National Park Day (Aug. 25),  Banjo and Fiddle Contests (Sept.). Tips & Hints: Tours go out rain  or shine. Busiest May-July, least crowded Dec.-Feb.    

FEES, HOURS & REGULATIONS    

Free. Canal tours: $6 adults; $4 ages 6-16, $5 ages 62 and over,  free ages 5 and under. Trolley tours free. Boott Cotton Mills Museum:  $4 adults, $2 ages 6-16, $3 ages 62 and over, free ages 5 and under. No  eating, drinking, or smoking in buildings. Visitor center open  Sept.-late June, daily 9-5; late June-Aug., 9-5:45. Boott Cotton Mills  Museum open daily 9-5.    

HOW TO GET THERE    

In Lowell, via the Lowell Connector from either 1-495 or Rte. 3;  exit on Thorndike St. north, turn right on Dutton St. to marked parking  lot. Closest airport: Boston (25 mi).    

CONTACTS    

Lowell National Historical Park (67 Kirk St., Lowell, MA 01852,  tel. 978/970-5000, fax 978/275-1762,). Greater Lowell Chamber of  Commerce (144 Merrimack St., Suite 403, Lowell, MA 01852, tel.  978/459-8154, fax 978/452-4145). Greater Merrimack Valley Convention  & Visitors Bureau (9 Central St., Suite 201, Lowell, MA 01852, tel.  978/459-6150, fax 978/459-4595). Boott Cotton Mills Museum (400 Foot of  John St.).   

Lowell National Historical Park In northeast Massachusetts, in Lowell. Detailed guide of Lowell National Historical Park.