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Tsongas Industrial History Center's 20th Anniversary
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In October 1991, Lowell National Historical Park and the UMass Lowell Graduate School of Education opened a unique education center to encourage and facilitate the study of Lowell's industrial history through hands-on activities and use of Park resources.
The Tsongas Industrial History Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary throughout the 2011-12 school year, starting with a "birthday" party and continuing with a series of activities for students, teachers, families and the general public throughout the year. Discover why over a million students and teachers have visited the Tsongas Industrial History Center to learn about history and culture, technology and engineering, and more!
Please visit this site often for updates of events happening throughout the year!
Click on each event for more information:
- Kickoff Birthday Party!
Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 4-6 p.m. - Carbon Smarts Conference
Thursday - Friday, Oct. 20-21, 2011
UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center, Lowell, MA - The Lewis Hine Project: Tracking Down the Lives of Child Laborers (Featuring guest speaker Joe Manning)
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 - A Night at the Museum
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 5:30-7 p.m. Museum adventure (Boott Cotton Mills Museum)
- 7-9 p.m. Film showing: Night at the Museum (Events Center, Second floor, Boott Cotton Mills Museum)
- An Evening with the Mill Girls of Lowell
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 6:30-8 p.m. - Performance (Events Center, 2nd floor, Boott Cotton Mills Museum
- 8-8:30 p.m. - Candlelight boardinghouse tour (Mogan Cultural Center)
- The Mass. Memories Road Show
Saturday, March 24, 2012
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Stop by and be part of a state-wide digital history project! - Dickens on the Line
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 24–25, 2012
Dickens on the Line: Assembly Line Workshops for School Groups - Bread & Roses Centennial Symposium
Friday and Saturday, April 27–28, 2012
Bread & Roses Centennial Symposium, Lawrence, MA - Beyond the Battles, Lowell and the Civil War: A Walking Tour of Downtown Lowell
Saturday, April 28, 2012
2-3:30 p.m. 
Parker Lecture: Katherine Paterson
Thursday, May 3, 2012
7 p.m.
UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center, 50 Warren St., Lowell, MA
(Photo Credit: Samantha Loomis Paterson)
October 2011 – June 2012: 20th Anniversary Quilt Exhibit
Tsongas Industrial History Center, Fourth Floor
Over the course of the summer and fall of 2011, Tsongas Industrial History Center summer campers worked on a quilt to commemorate 20 years of education programming provided by the Tsongas Industrial History Center. The quilt was made from cloth hand-woven by campers, combined with cloth produced on the power looms at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum. The final quilt was created with help from the New England Quilt Museum. This unique commemorative quilt will be on display at the Tsongas Industrial History Center from fall 2011 through spring 2012.
Tsongas Industrial History Center, Fourth Floor
Over the course of the summer and fall of 2011, Tsongas Industrial History Center summer campers worked on a quilt to commemorate 20 years of education programming provided by the Tsongas Industrial History Center. The quilt was made from cloth hand-woven by campers, combined with cloth produced on the power looms at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum. The final quilt was created with help from the New England Quilt Museum. This unique commemorative quilt will be on display at the Tsongas Industrial History Center from fall 2011 through spring 2012.
May 2012: Grand Finale!
UMass Lowell Boathouse on the Merrimack River, Pawtucket Boulevard, Lowell
Stay tuned for information about our grand finale event on the Merrimack River!
Donations to the Tsongas Industrial History Center