Come experience the Boott Cotton Mills Museum after hours. The looms have quieted but there’s still so much to experience in the museum. Join rangers to explore the museum and try out a new craft! Visit our website for more information: https://go.nps.gov/qp165j
Join rangers from four different national parks to experiment with crafts that relate to our maritime neighbors. Learn to twist rope and how it would be made in centuries past. Make art based on whale models and explore some objects you might find on a Massachusetts beach. Create your own nature journal to fill with […]
Can you design a vehicle to go down a ramp without losing its cargo? Join National Park Rangers to see if you can complete the mission, while being creative and having fun! Visit our website for more information: https://go.nps.gov/qp165j
Learn how cloth is designed, patterned, and made in this unique hands-on workshop. Weave your own piece of cloth using hand looms. Learn the difference between warp and weft, and have fun in the process! Visit our website for more information https://go.nps.gov/qp165j Please register by calling 978 970-5000.
Learn how cloth is designed, patterned, and made in this unique hands-on workshop. Weave your own piece of cloth using hand looms. Learn the difference between warp and weft, and have fun in the process! Visit our website for more information: https://go.nps.gov/qp165j Please register by calling 978 970-5000.
Design, build, and operate a canal system just as the Proprietors of Locks and Canals did in Lowell in the early 1800s. All participants will get hands-on canal building experience (no experience required.) Be ready to have a great time and maybe, get a little wet. Visit our website for more information: https://go.nps.gov/qp165
Bring a stuffed animal friend and drop them off with a park ranger so your stuffed animal can spend a night at Lowell National Historical Park for a fun sleepover. The next day, come back to the Mogan Cultural Center to collect your fluffy friend after their adventure. Visit our website for more information: https://go.nps.gov/qp165j
Join us at the Pollard Library for an Interactive Storytime! Library staff will read a story. Lowell Humane Society will bring furry friends which children can gently pet. Bring a stuffed animal along and a Lowell National Historical Park Ranger will swear them in as a B.A.R.K. Ranger. Please register at: https://pollardml.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/interactive-storytime/.
Join a ranger in our newest exhibit, One City, Many Cultures to enjoy a story time. A ranger will read books and families will play an eye spy game to find connections with the books throughout the exhibit. Visit our website for more information: https://go.nps.gov/qp165j
Join rangers to learn how to weave and create your own unique bookmark to take home with you. Visit the librarians of the Pollard Memorial Library bookmobile to discover a new book that you can check out that day and test your bookmark in. You can even sign up for your own free library card! […]
Join rangers to learn about birds you can see in your community and how to protect them. Make a homemade birdfeeder that you can take home and use to attract birds. *note this craft uses peanut butter.* If weather allows, we may go for a short walk to do some birding. Visit our website for […]
Throughout the week Lowell National Historical Park will host rangers from several of our neighboring national parks. Visit the Mogan Cultural Center to learn more about each of these parks and discover the public land you have access to right here in Massachusetts. While you’re there, you can also explore our free exhibits, Into an […]
