Be sure to pick up your Doors Open Lowell Downtown Architectural Scavenger Hunt
throughout the event at the National Park Visitor Center and Boott Cotton Mills Museum.
(Saturday only)

Friday, May 16

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Take a ride on New Orleans’ "Streetcar named Desire,” departing from behind the National Streetcar Museum on Dutton Street. 

American Textile History Museum  
491 Dutton Street

Learn about the museum’s ongoing exhibit redesign efforts and take part in hands-on family craft programs through Get Crafty & Sneak-a-Peak at the Upcoming New American Textile History Museum.

Saturday, May 17

11:00am - noon

Tsongas Industrial History Center/Boott Cotton Mills Museum 
130 John Street

Waterpower Room interactive family program.

11:30am – 12:30pm

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center 
246 Market Street

Join a National Park Service ranger in period canal locktender dress and discover 19th century lock and canal operations during this walking tour to Swamp Locks on the Pawtucket Canal.

12:30pm and 1:30pm

Masonic Temple 
79 Dutton Street

Don’t miss the rare public showings of the Masons’ celestial lighting display in Grecian Hall.

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Tsongas Industrial History Center/Boott Cotton Mills Museum 
130 John Street

Weave Room interactive family program.

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Boott Mills Courtyard  
130 John Street

Enjoy 19th century mill era music, songs, and anecdotes with Lowell National Historical Park’s Alex Demas.

OTHER THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR FAMILY...

*Take photographs of the buildings you see and features you like and make a collage when you get home.

*Explore where you live and discover architecture and art around you. See how buildings in other places compare to Lowell's historic buildings.

*Have kids write or tell a story about a building or place that is special to them.