Don't miss Doors Open XTRAs, special opportunities to enhance your Doors Open Lowell experience through special tours, demonstrations, and interactions with design professionals. Doors Open XTRAs are free and no preregistration is required but attendance may be limited to a first come, first served basis.
The 2026 list of Doors Open XTRAs is a work in progress and will be listed below as they are confirmed.
THIS LISTING REPRESENTS THE DOORS OPEN LOWELL XTRAs AS OF MARCH 10, 2026.
Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances that the program is subject to change.
Saturday, May 9
St. Patrick Church
282 Suffolk Street
10:00 am, 11:00 am, Noon Come hear Parish organist Jeffrey Smith play the fully restored 1906 Jesse Woodberry pipe organ. The organ is believed to be the largest operable pipe organ in Lowell today and you’ll be welcome to visit the choir loft to see it up close.
10:30 am, 11:30am, 12:30 pm
Hidden in the steeple of St. Patrick Church are eleven bells, which together are known as a chime and one of only two chimes in Lowell. Come hear Parish chimers Robert “Bob” Feldman and Annmarie Pintal demonstrate the chime during three brief chime concerts.
Pollard Memorial Library
401 Merrimack Street
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Pick up your self-guided map at any of the library information desks and explore this Richardsonian Romanesque style library that still serves the community today.
Tsongas Industrial History Center @ Lowell National Historical Park
115 John Street
Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Third Floor
1 – 4 pm Drop in for “Hands-On History” at the Tsongas Industrial History Center to celebrate their 35th anniversary and the City of Lowell’s Bicentennial. Try hand weaving on looms. Test different types of water wheels and build your own model canal system to discover the innovative system that powered Lowell’s mills.
Tremont Yard
1 Tremont Place
1 – 4 pm
Discover historic subterranean waterpower features with former Lowell National Historical Park Ranger Dave Redding.