Reviews of Boott Cotton Mills Museum (Museum)

Nadine Barnett

The fact that they have an actual weaving floor with working looms is AMAZING! You will definitely need some ear plugs but it is worth it. There is usually someone there actually working the machines and making dishcloths that you can then buy at the museum store...how cool is that!

Jared Knowles

Such great history, excellent exhibits, and plenty of information and tours to keep you busy. I recommend the canal tours, which really give you a feel for the history here.

Iryna Suprun

Its great! I would never expect that looms are actually in working condition.

Adam Riveiro

Absolutely amazing museum covering the Industrial Revolution in Lowell. Admission prices were more than reasonable, and our family spent a wonderful day here, and at the other parts of the National Park. Couldn't recommend it any more highly!

Sarah Sperry

Wonderful place! The people working there are also very informative and friendly.

Paul Gibula

Working 1800's cotton mill.

Joann M

Don't miss this place. My teens daughters had fun visiting.

Natasha Rufo

Good place for kids.

justin valley

Great history and demonstrations of the textile mills and the equipment used. Children may not like it as much due to the main focus is on cloth and textiles, and have you ever taken a child clothes shopping? Point made.

John M Peterson

Fascinating. Cool recreation of working mill.

Thay A

We had many school field trip here to have a hands-on learning experience about the history of the mills in Lowell. Is a interesting experience and the staff are very friendly.

Charles Foss

Visual delight! Amazing story! A great learning experience!

Anish Chorghe

A glance at Lowell's history

Nadine Barnett

The fact that they have an actual weaving floor with working looms is AMAZING! You will definitely need some ear plugs but it is worth it. There is usually someone there actually working the machines and making dishcloths that you can then buy at the museum store...how cool is that!

Jansen Smith

My fiance and I had a wonderful time, and the staff was excellent!

Marcelo Santos Severo

(Translated by Google) Great !! Great !!! (Original) Great!! Ótimo!!!

Larry Steingraber

Shows how mistreated workers, especially women and then immigrants were treated. Great museum.

James Clapper

Very nice presentation, lots of great history

Ciara D. Adu-Addo

I went for a field trip and enjoyed the backround history. I enjoyed the hands on activities exspecially the weaving(hand loom). I felt like a girl weaving at home during the industrial war

Lisa Prescott

This your was great for the kids and it was interactive as well.

Parag Shirnamé

Quite a fascinating place

Mark Coombs

A great place to learn about American labor and industry. All ages will learn.

Joseph Normand

Great for learning about the 19th Century Textile Industry in New England. The Park Rangers are very knowledgeable. Good primary sources to explore.

Philip Durham

I enjoyed this. A very at your own pace experience.

Zahir Begg

One of the best places to learn the history of how the town of Lowell came to be.

Brian M Jones

Love the history of Lowell, MA. This museum tells of what Lowell used to be like. A must see for anyone wanting a great history lesson of an old historic city..

Pam Andrews

A great place to learn about the mills and who worked them

David Kennard

Lots of fascinating information about an important and complex history, well presented.

Christian Morales

My girls loved it! Did not know such textile industry existed in Lowell long time ago.

Pippo Gutteridge

Wow! This is truly a hidden gem. An awesome part of American history that should be seen by all

Foolov Baloni

Wonderful to see hertage put to new modern use and help builg communities

Connie Bell

Very interesting. Nice staff.

Hillary Leicher

Such an incredible experience.

Dylan Covell

The Museum covers all functions of the Textile Mill. Entry Passes are good for 7 days. The first floor still has the over head belt driven machines. During normal work hours they are run by a few park staff and manufacture fabric that is available for purchase at the Visitor Center.

MG Studios

I love history. So when I found out my geography class was going to the mills after our industrial revolution unit, I was beyond excited. You get to learn about how we built an economy and how we began to introduce mass production.

Billy Allen

This was a great museum. We visited the mill, and thought the site was interesting and well done. The actual room of working looms was everyone’s favorite. We also visited the house next door too where workers stayed. I wish we had more time to start at the visitors center and take the boat tour. I thought the park was just the factory but really there is far more there to take in.

Joseph Lam

Interesting, must do the canal boat ride at the visitors center.

Tim Nou

Never knew that there was so much history in lowell very interesting place

Jon "maddog" Hall

Very nice history of manufacturing in USA

Marybeth Caldwell

Very informative!

Hillary Leicher

Such an incredible experience.

Sunnydayz

Wen here for a field trip when I was younger-great experience

Ed Ucate

Great place to go for a good time while on a budget.

Veronica Martell

It baffling to see what it took to make cloth a century ago. They have a well thought out education program that explores the different aspects of a cotton mill: the workers, their treatment, the engineering mastery, and many other things! This is a must see if you're in the area!

Besties Forever

This place was amazing to go to if I could go there every day I would it’s loud though

Mark Garland

Great site, very informative rangers.

Alex Kraplin

Nice place to go for a history lesson about Lowell

Ronald Wagogo

Wow! This is truly a hidden gem. An awesome part of American history that should be seen by all. A bygone era that was nostalgic and a turning point. Definitely worth the trip and the tour!

Amy Hayde

Knowledgeable Ranger.

FELO ARIAS

Love it

Christine George

The mill is very informative with regards to the textile industry in Lowell. I also visited The Mill Girl's tenement and found that very interesting.

Scott McCutchan

Very informative about the local experience of the industrial revolution.

Amber Lavallee

Great experience for a great price. No on-site parking but garages very close. Loved the running machines had never seen anything like it. I think it's great for all ages.

N.E.W W

Well worth the trip! It is impressive to see the shop floor with the looms working.

Dylan Covell

The Museum covers all functions of the Textile Mill. Entry Passes are good for 7 days. The first floor still has the over head belt driven machines. During normal work hours they are run by a few park staff and manufacture fabric that is available for purchase at the Visitor Center.

Justin Guerrero

History in action

Amy Sowers

Fun and educational

James McRae

Fantastic place to visit. The weaving machines were running and you can get a good presentation how it would have been to work there

MG Studios

I love history. So when I found out my geography class was going to the mills after our industrial revolution unit, I was beyond excited. You get to learn about how we built an economy and how we began to introduce mass production.

Jose Duarte

Lots of info related to old company. Totally worth. After 4:15 is free

Muriel Rand

Fascinating experience of what the textile mill would have looked and sounded like. Incredible!

Impossible Ravenclaw

It was a fantastic trip! Interactive and entertaining

Billy Allen

This was a great museum. We visited the mill, and thought the site was interesting and well done. The actual room of working looms was everyone’s favorite. We also visited the house next door too where workers stayed. I wish we had more time to start at the visitors center and take the boat tour. I thought the park was just the factory but really there is far more there to take in.

Richard Hamilton

Real history less.

Mike Fine

Great nation park. Remember get out and find your parks!!!

kaylee shirley 485

I went here with my class and you can really see how much hard work the mill girls went through and all the bad thing they went through. My grandmother was a mill girl, but I never met her bc she got Lung cancer

Dick Johnson

Very informative gave great tour the park rangers are great very pleasant

jheo mikouanya

My uncle olf used to work here as a rangers. Such a great historical that brings you great joy and confidence in the city of Lowell and how it came to be

Cindi Manganello

Absolutely excellent!

Will Miller

A very effective step back into the industrialization of the early states. Great displays and interpreters.

Sepehr Madani

Definitely visit while in Lowell. Full of exciting history of Lowell with all the interesting machines.

Wan

History of cotton

Keerthana Dhananjayan

Beautiful brick scenic beauty

צבי זוהר

Interesting and informative

Jacob Mars

it was awesome I was awestruck when I saw how amazing it was you should definitely visit this place

Caroline Kittredge

Fun place for an elementary school field trip.

Kaelyn - Musikalkat

Super fun and educational! I went with my school on a field trip and it was really fun.

Jonah Maidoff

Great historically significant park and presentations. I have brought students to the museum over several years. The boarding house and factory floors are great experiences to reinforce and enliven understandings about the industrializing North and connection to the Southern cotton plantations and slavery.

Shari Horan

One of my favorite Lowell cultural experiences, great for kids

Derek McCann

Interesting look into the history of Lowell and how it got started and industrialized. Fascinating. Fun for the whole family.

Joel Mayer

Great example of a living history museum, with traditional looms making fabrics that can be purchased in the gift shop. Excellent interpretive exhibit on the upper floor.

Mary Braiterman

Affordable, you learn the entire process of making fabrics, history of the development of Lowell MA. The Mill Girls story. How the north supported slavery????

Kate Hickok Feldman

Fascinating history of Lowell as a planned manufacturing city, the inner workings of the fabric Mills and the lives of the workers and owners.

nicole v11

Great tour of the cotton mill.

matt peletier

This is how America was built

Will Miller

A very effective step back into the industrialization of the early states. Great displays and interpreters.

Margaret Martin

Interesting place to visit

Kai Langelier

The staff sucks. Grr. Couldn't even use the provided elevator, had to climb 4 flights of steep stairs.

Rick Hutchison

They have great programs for the kids here.

Andrew Bates

The Boott Cotton Mills Museum is great fun. For individuals and families the museum is accessed at your own pace. I attended an elementary school field trip with my son and that experience was led by an educator. The field trip was very hands on for the kids and covered many aspects of the Mills including environmental and social impact. The museum includes many preserved items from the mill and the mill room still contains working looms that are in operation during museum hours. Parking is convenient with multiple locations near the museum in downtown Lowell.

Hsiu Chang

This is a great American historical treasure. the ticket is good for seven days. They're also lot of nice restaurant within walking distance

Lew Phinney

Very interesting.

Josh Dennis

Went with a field trip for elementary schoolers. Great for the youngins. Tour guide Michelle was awesome.

Kevin Warren

Excellent working looms and informative static displays. Well worth a visit.

Manabputra

Awesome museum

Sire Veth

It's been close to 15 years since I've been here and nothing has changed. I'm loving it.

Timothy Root

Well presented mill history.

Ruby Phillips

Nice clean place did not do anything for me

Sepehr Madani

Definitely visit while in Lowell. Full of exciting history of Lowell with all the interesting machines.

fannie davis

Love learning about what made this country great

Guadalupe Williams

This national park is unlike the "nature" parks, but just an eye-opening and educational. The museum has a large mill room that is a good example of the sites and sounds of a mill at work (they even offer you ear protection). We got a private tour with a great guide, she was extremely knowledgeable, spent a great deal of time with us, and answered all our questions. Other times the tour group would probably be larger, but on a quiet Monday it was great. Be sure and watch the optional video about the industrial revolution as it helps to set the stage for the history of this area as well as the entire country. I was a little skeptical of this site, but would recommend it highly to all.

Susan M

Great historical museum with real working looms from early 1900's. Loads of information.

Irma Ortiz Rosado

Fantastic place I will go again

Astrid Hernandez

(Translated by Google) Because, it was a talk about the first Colombians who came to this country, and all the information was very interesting, (Original) Porque, fue una charla sobre los primeros colombianos que vinieron a este país, y fue muy interesante toda la información,

Aaron g

Worth a visit

Philip Gladstone

We arrived at about lunchtime which meant that we got to see the weaving room quiet. Then they started up the looms and the noise became almost overwhelming. We spent a long time talking to one of the weavers who explained the subtle details of the looms -- including the ONE seat that is attached to a single loom! The mechanical ingenuity in these machines is remarkable -- even if it did start with some old fashioned industrial espionage. Well worth a visit -- if only to be grateful that you live in the 21st century.

Michael Riley

My fault might be more with Google then with the museum, as we never got into the museum. We were visiting the area and I have always wanted to visit these mills, and after checking with Google Maps, we saw that the museum opens at 9:30 (this was in the winter months on a Saturday). When we arrived at 10, we found the place closed, and would not open until 12. We were not the only ones, as a couple others had shown up saying that the website says 9:30. Someone suggested that we visit the nearby quilt museum which we did. In the meantime, I called the number on the website and found out that the National Heritage Visitors Center opens at 9:30, not the mills. As we were on schedule with a 6 hour drive ahead of us, we decided to skip the mills and move on. A real shame. The place looks to be spectacular and worthy of a visit in the warmer months.

Rosyane lirio

Great place

Randolph Ruckdashel

Great exhibit with a compelling story so relevant to our present times

Brenda Resto

My family and I absolutely loved our visit to the Boot cotton mills..we highly recommend you and your families check it out...enjoy!

crack12326

History

Saul Portillo

The history behind this place is amazing, the type of craftsmanship and skills that these people used to have when the mills were on their prime is unreal, something we dont see anymore.

Q Antes

Great history

Brett Terrien

Oh this place was pretty good i went there on a school field trip we learned how it was to live back then

Peter Cox

Very informative and entertaining

Guadalupe Williams

This national park is unlike the "nature" parks, but just an eye-opening and educational. The museum has a large mill room that is a good example of the sites and sounds of a mill at work (they even offer you ear protection). We got a private tour with a great guide, she was extremely knowledgeable, spent a great deal of time with us, and answered all our questions. Other times the tour group would probably be larger, but on a quiet Monday it was great. Be sure and watch the optional video about the industrial revolution as it helps to set the stage for the history of this area as well as the entire country. I was a little skeptical of this site, but would recommend it highly to all.

Maurice Chee

Great display of a textile mill factory

Julio Martinez

Boring

Frank Palazolo

Best part of the trip

Chris Wall

Be careful where you park - they like to tow here

William Simonic

See history. A step back in time.

Nikki Torres - Ramirez

You can see the actual machines. A very helpful Mill worker will show you how the machine works. Videos of workers talking about their experiences. They have miniturized replicas of the machines and lets you try it. Makes for an Interactive experience. My girls 6 and 11 y/o were able to enjoy the tour.

Theo Chapman

The working early 20th century looms on the ground floor are mesmerising but the noise from just the few that are running is enough to provide a taste of what life was like for the (mostly) women who worked there. On the upper floor are displays of artefacts from the town's transformation from farming to cotton milling. A 20-minute film is a good backgrounder if you can get past the white male bias and odd patriotism. This museum is well worth a visit since it is a rare piece of the industrial past that has been preserved. There is a free tram that runs between the museum and the visitors centre but a round about walk takes in the canal and river. There is free parking behind the visitor centre (get the ticket validated in the visitor centre). Entry was just $6 an adult.

Rhett Butler

A must see if youre in the area and want to learn about history of industrial revolutions. A great meseum, well kept and very educational.

William Hollister

Great look into the realities of the textile Mills. They have some fun hands-on exhibits and my 5 year-old was entertained as well.

이태호

(Translated by Google) Sounds like a neat explanation and the experience of creating a direct cloth is impressive. (Original) 음 깔끔한 설명과 직접 옷감을 만드는 체험이 인상적인듯?

Nora Polanco

Really good for my kids.

Lady D and her RV

Awesome place, but very LOUD. Be sure to wear your ear plugs in certain areas. They provide you with prepackaged earplugs. It was what I expected and so much more. You can take your time a watch the machines make fabric the way they did years ago with the force of water with all of the pulleys. Just amazing. Do we really need electric for everything? Use water. Amazing. Museum is a good size so come earlier if you want to take your time to read and watch the displays. There are a few floors of history to see. Would go again. Check your local library, they might provide day passes and 4th grades get in free via different pass. I would inquire.

joe nodden

The place does a great job of showing how life at the mills was back in the old days of Massachusetts.

Mary Kay Weidner

Fascinating. Great depiction of the era. Worth the stop.

Kipjes

Wonderful to experience this important histor. A friend from Lowell showed me through. What a great experience it was!