The Tsongas Industrial History Center provides unique educational programs and professional development at the Lowell National Historical Park for elementary, secondary and post-secondary students and teachers.
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A hands-on learning center
Watch the video to see how students “do” history and science at TIHC.
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Field Trips
Students participate in hands-on learning activities and visit sites where history was made.
Field Trips
Professional Development
The TIHC offers a variety of engaging professional development opportunities that meet the needs of history, science, and English language arts teachers.
Professional Development
Summer Camps
Explore history, science, and nature at TIHC’s summer camps.
Summer Camps
What's Happening
- Keep up to date with all of our events for our 25th anniversary year on our calendar page.
- Reservations for our 2017-2018 new school year opened on May 1, 2017. Call us at 978-970-5080 to reserve your programs.
- View our program brochure (pdf) for the 2017-2018 school year.
News
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A $239,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant will help the university libraries and the Center for Asian American Studies organize and expand a digital archive documenting the history of Southeast Asian refugees in Lowell — before too much of that history is lost.
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Student Employee of the Year Mary Connell, a sophomore art major from Princeton, helps promote all that Lowell has to offer through her work with the Community Relations office.
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Students are able to earn dual certification to teach elementary schoolchildren in grades one to six and children with moderate disabilities in grades pre-K to eight.
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The Graduate School of Education hosted 21 teachers from around the world for an intensive six-week program that included field experiences in local schools and cultural excursions.