vendredi 4 mai 2018

Visiting A Few Interesting Museums Lowell

By Margaret Lee


You are probably reading this article right now because you are on vacation. You are probably on vacation right now in Lowell and are just dying to go out and see some sites and something interesting before you leave. There are of course a few museums Lowell has to offer that may tickle your fancy and make your visit worthwhile. Do read on for some tips on where to go.

First of all you need to get a guide map, which can be bought from your hotel lobby or if not, from a local gas station. This map should show you the points of interest of the town and relative distances, so you can at least plot the travels of your day with efficiency.

A good history museum to see first and probably one of the most popular is the Boots Museum which covers the early manufacturing days of the United States. This period is around the creation of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in the South. The museum not only covers basic facts but also gives an insight into the lives of early industrial workers, which can be heart rending most of the time.

Western Avenue Studios is a hybrid museum geared mostly for art buffs and the like. It is a huge building with over two hundred working art workshops that are open only to the public on the first Saturday of each month. The general gallery however is open from Wednesday to Sunday. This is the place for you if you love art with a bit of exploration ad discovery on the side. However, should this place be not up to your liking, you can always have fun at the Navigation Brewery next door where they serve craft beer and plenty of local food creations.

If you are more for specialty museum, most of which deal with arts and crafts and the like, then you would most likely visit the New England Quilt Museum. Quilting is a distinctively American art form so it definitely deserves its own place in history. This place is the home of antique and contemporary quilts and they also have quilt classes for you to learn this slowly dying skill and art form.

For train lovers, whether young or old, they should enjoy themselves at the National Streetcar Museum. This is a specialty museum dedicated to railed transportation, but more geared for the street trams and such. Children and the young of heart can also enjoy the second floor of this place, which has been converted to one huge play area where one can pretend to be a tramway operator and such. It is great fun for families with children.

And last but not the least, people should visit the Mogan Cultural Center. It is a great place to visit and give homage and respect to the area's rich multiethnic culture. The museum is not only a treasure trove of local Lowell information, but serves as a snapshot for the entire state when cotton milling pushed America into the Industrial Age.

In sum this article has recommended quite a few places that you should visit while in Lowell. Plenty of other places exist of course that may or may not be as interesting, but the point is to go out and learn more and have fun while doing it.




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