Museum Guide

Lowell National Historical Park was established on June 5th, 1978 by Public Law 95-290 to preserve and interpret the nationally significant historical and cultural sites, structures, and districts in Lowell, MA for the benefit and inspiration of present and future generations. The Park tells the human story of the Industrial Revolution and the changing role of technology in a 19th and early 20th century setting. The cultural heritage of many of the ethnic groups that immigrated to the U.S. during the 19th and 20th century, and which continues today, is still preserved in Lowell’s neighborhoods. The park provides a vehicle for economic progress in the community, encouraging creative and cooperative preservation and interpretive programs. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum, located in an 1836 mill, has a reconstructed 1910s weave room with operating looms and interactive exhibits and oral history videos about the Industrial Revolution and Lowell’s working people.