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All aboard the Holly, Jolly, Trolley! The trolley will run between the Boott Cotton Mills Museum (115 John St,) and the Visitor Center (246 Market St.). The last run will leave the Visitor Center at 3 p.m. Ride on a decorated trolley as we sing holiday songs and enjoy the sights of downtown Lowell. FREE...
Join friends from the community for a Seasonal Story Time from 12-1 p.m. at the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (246 Market St.). After story time, be sure to visit the Pollard Memorial Library Bookmobile. Free and open to all ages. No reservations required. This event is part of the City of Lights festivities...
What does the history of work in Lowell sound like, and how can you tell that story through music? Come be part of the musical composition process in the last in our series of workshops on the soundscape of Lowell through its many eras! Join contemporary composers working on new pieces specifically for Lowell National...
What does the history of work in Lowell sound like, and how can you tell that story through music? Come be part of the musical composition process in the first of a series of workshops on the soundscape of Lowell through its many eras! Join contemporary composers working on new pieces specifically for Lowell National...
Do you have a passion for boats? Do you love meeting people from around the world? Have you ever wondered what you might need to qualify to be a Boat Captain at Lowell National Historical Park? Now is your chance to get all your questions answered and learn what it takes to captain a National...
With the construction of a new mill city, a large labor force was needed to fill minimum wage positions being rapidly created. The boarding house system allowed mill agents sent out into the New England countryside to recruit a new workforce of young women with promises of paid work, available food, shelter, and the care...
Revolución industrial, telares y ¿colombianos? ¿Sabías que la comunidad Colombia tiene una larga historia con la cuidad de Lowell? Acompáñanos los días 19 y 21 de Julio a las 2:30 en un recorrido a pie donde aprenderemos la historia de cómo han llegado tantos colombianos a la cuidad de Lowell y como ellos han convertido...
Revolución industrial, telares y ¿colombianos? ¿Sabías que la comunidad Colombia tiene una larga historia con la cuidad de Lowell? Acompáñanos los días 19 y 21 de Julio a las 2:30 en un recorrido a pie donde aprenderemos la historia de cómo han llegado tantos colombianos a la cuidad de Lowell y como ellos han convertido...
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...
Join local historian Resi Polixa and literary scholar Heather Barrett for a Lowell Walks: "LGBTQ+ History in Lowell" on Saturday June 29th, 2024, at 10am. Walk through the city and learn how the diverse layers of Lowell's LGBTQ+ community intertwine with the lives of mill workers, immigrant families, and Lowellians. Explore how the LGBTQ+ community...
"Up on the Mountain" follows Southeast Asian refugees, Latino immigrants, and rural Americans on a year-round migration to harvest wild mushrooms in the American West. It aims to shine light on race and class inequities in natural resource policies and on the resourcefulness of disenfranchised communities. The 2024 Eco-Film Series is presented by the Lowell...
Reckoning with the reality of a changing climate, filmmaker Emmett Brennan walks 200 miles next to the Los Angeles aqueduct in search of a vision for humanity worth living for - what he discovers has everything to do with water. - 79min The 2024 Eco-Film Series is presented by the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust...
