Lowell National Historical Park

Lowell, MA, the first industrial city in the US, has been rejuvenated by the US Park Service and U-MASS. The historic parts of the city have been cleaned up, renovated, and made very visitor-friendly. There are nice lunch spots in the shopping district to enjoy in between museum visits.

We started at the Visitor Center, where we saw a 23-minute film about the history of Lowell and bought 2 lifetime Senior Passes to the national parks for Mom & Dad. They have boat tours and trolleys leaving from here, but we just walked by the canal (very pleasant!) to the Boott Mill Museum, which is still producing cloth! So you can really see how the machines work, and you can buy dishtowels made there in the gift shop. They also have a great exhibit upstairs, and a boarding house exhibit as well. They've done a great job with this one.

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