Lowell National Historical Park
Massachusetts
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6 h fully dark
Crowds
low
Open today
Open
Lowell National Historical Park: closed Nov 26 – Nov 26; Lowell National Historical Park: closed Dec 24 – Dec 24; Lowell National Historical Park: closed Dec 25 – Dec 25; Lowell National Historical Park: closed Jan 1 – Jan 1
Entrance
Free entry
Lowell’s water-powered textile mills catapulted the nation – including immigrant families and early female factory workers – into an uncertain new industrial era. Nearly 200 years later, the changes that began here still reverberate in our shifting global economy. Explore Lowell, a living testament to the dynamic human story of the industrial revolution.
Activities
Topics
No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
Current Hours The Visitor Center (246 Market St.) is open: Daily: 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum (115 John Street) is open: Daily: 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. The Mogan Cultural Center (40 French Street) is open: Monday-Friday: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m
⚠ Lowell National Historical Park: closed Nov 26 – Nov 26; Lowell National Historical Park: closed Dec 24 – Dec 24; Lowell National Historical Park: closed Dec 25 – Dec 25; Lowell National Historical Park: closed Jan 1 – Jan 1
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
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✉ LOWE_Public_Information@nps.govConditions
Quietest months (fewer crowds): Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec
Typical crowds: low
Weather now: ⛅ Partly cloudy, 91°F
⛅ 92°/70°
☀️ 94°/74°
🌦️ 92°/69°
Typical monthly recreation visits · NPS avg 2023–2025 — orange months are the quietest by crowds.
Quietest months
Relative crowds by month — lighter is quieter; ringed months are the calmest by crowds.
Jan
4%
Feb
4%
Mar
12%
Apr
14%
May
19%
Jun
16%
Jul
100%
Aug
15%
Sep
7%
Oct
8%
Nov
7%
Dec
4%
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Things to do
Explore the Boott Cotton Mills Museum
Become a Lowell Junior Ranger
Earn an Acre Community Ranger Badge
Visit the Park Store at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum
Visitor centers
Boott Cotton Mills Museum
Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center
Accessibility
14 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Parking
Hamilton Canal Innovation District Parking Garage
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
A visual read on Lowell National Historical Park — its character, trails, sky, and weather.
Park fingerprint
How this park scores across the dimensions travelers care about.
Trail difficulty
Difficulty mix across this park's trails.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Lowell National Historical Park — each spans a cross-park journey.
Florence Luscomb
— Women's Rights, Women's History, BostonHarriet Hanson Robinson
— Author, Suffrage, Massachusetts Woman Suffrage AssociationKirk Boott
— Lowell, Lowell National Historical Park, MillLucy Larcom
— Author, Mill Girl, Mill Girl BoardinghouseMajor General Benjamin F. Butler
— Civil Rights, Civil War, Fort MonroeSarah Bagley
— Labor, Labor Activism, Mill GirlPassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 Boott Cotton Mills Museum
🎫 Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center
🎫 Patrick J Mogan Cultural Center
Places to see
"Agapetime" Sculpture
audio
"Homage to Women" Sculpture
audio
"Jack Kerouac Commemorative" Sculpture
audio
"Pawtucket Prism" Sculpture
"Stele for the Merrimack" Sculpture
audio
"The Lowell Sculptures: One, Two, and Three" Sculptures
audio
"The Worker" Sculpture
audio
Kirk Street Agents House
audio
Mechanics Hall
audio
Merrimack House
audio
Nesmith Building
audio
Old City Hall
audioAudio & media
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Learn more
The National Park Service is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2022 George and Helen Hartzog Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service.
The 33rd annual Lowell Folk Festival came to town from July 26-28, 2019, and it was hot. Not only was the weather hot, but the performances on the stages were hot as well as the food at the foodways demonstrations area. Considered the nation's longest running free folk festival, The Lowell Folk Festival had something for everyone who came.
Superintendent Celeste Bernardo of Lowell National Historical Park and Mayor of Lowell, William Samaras cut the 40th Anniversary Cake on June 9, 2018.
Archeology paints a colorful picture of the past! Download and print this full coloring book packed with archeological objects from A to Z!
Branding Lowell team (L-R), Tony Sampas, Mark Van Der Hyde, Sarah Black Laurel Racine.
The primary duty of the Community Volunteers Ambassadors is to encourage local residents, particularly young people, to volunteer for climate-resilience-related projects in the park.
Meet Olf Mouyaka, a park guide at New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, who has also worked at Lowell National Historical Park and First State National Historical Park. From a volunteer to a youth program participant to a seasonal and finally a full-time employee, learn more about Olf’s incredible journey to the National Park Service.
Developing curriculum-based programs is the cornerstone for a solid foundation for park education programs. Providing relevant resource-based experiences for people of all ages will ensure a continuum of opportunities for citizens to support their own learning objectives through the national parks and to find meaning in their national treasures. Offering curriculum-based programs, especially for school age children will help foster stewardship.
Ranger School
Park-grounded courses you can learn with the Ranger.
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