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Mill Talks

Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
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Our Mill Talks series features FREE lectures and panel discussions on topics related to the Industrial Revolution, innovation across disciplines, and the mission of the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation. Sponsored by the Lowell Institute.

Events in this collection

  • MillTalk:The Secret History of Suits-How Industry Fashioned Modern Menswear primary image

    MillTalk:The Secret History of Suits-How Industry Fashioned Modern Menswear

    Wed, Sep 16 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Who Built Lowell? primary image

    Mill Talk: Who Built Lowell?

    Wed, Sep 30 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Yankees, Immigrants, and the Path to Political Power primary image

    Mill Talk: Yankees, Immigrants, and the Path to Political Power

    Wed, Jul 22 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Painting with Light: the Craft, Color, and Conservation of Stained Glass primary image

    Painting with Light: the Craft, Color, and Conservation of Stained Glass

    Thu, Jun 25 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Work, Democracy, & Your Paycheck primary image

    Mill Talk: Work, Democracy, & Your Paycheck

    Wed, Jun 24 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: The Invention of Rum: A View from Massachusetts primary image

    Mill Talk: The Invention of Rum: A View from Massachusetts

    Wed, Jun 10 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • MILL TALK: Fantrip! Enthusiast Outings on the Boston & Maine Railroad primary image

    MILL TALK: Fantrip! Enthusiast Outings on the Boston & Maine Railroad

    Wed, Jun 3 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk:AT&T's Idea Factory:How Bell Labs invented the tech of the future primary image

    Mill Talk:AT&T's Idea Factory:How Bell Labs invented the tech of the future

    Wed, May 27 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • The Legacy of 1812: How a Little War Shaped the Trans-Atlantic World primary image

    The Legacy of 1812: How a Little War Shaped the Trans-Atlantic World

    Wed, May 6 • 6:15 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: 29 Mill Villages - and More primary image

    Mill Talk: 29 Mill Villages - and More

    Wed, Apr 8 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Failing Forward:Critical Role of Failure in Creating Rube Goldberg Machines primary image

    Failing Forward:Critical Role of Failure in Creating Rube Goldberg Machines

    Fri, Apr 3 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: From Electronic Waste to Opportunity primary image

    Mill Talk: From Electronic Waste to Opportunity

    Wed, Mar 18 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill talk: Chelsea Clock Company: 146 Years of Boston Clockmaking primary image

    Mill talk: Chelsea Clock Company: 146 Years of Boston Clockmaking

    Wed, Mar 11 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: How To Fuel an Industrial Revolution, Coal & the Energy Economy primary image

    Mill Talk: How To Fuel an Industrial Revolution, Coal & the Energy Economy

    Wed, Mar 4 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Forging History: The Creation of Saugus Iron Works NHS primary image

    Mill Talk: Forging History: The Creation of Saugus Iron Works NHS

    Wed, Feb 4 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk:The Unlikely Story of Roomba: Birthing the World’s Favorite Robot primary image

    Mill Talk:The Unlikely Story of Roomba: Birthing the World’s Favorite Robot

    Wed, Jan 28 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Dirt & Disorder:The Origins of Contamination Control in Industry primary image

    Mill Talk: Dirt & Disorder:The Origins of Contamination Control in Industry

    Wed, Jan 14 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk:And the Cabots Talk Only to God-Francis Cabot Lowell’s Cabot Side primary image

    Mill Talk:And the Cabots Talk Only to God-Francis Cabot Lowell’s Cabot Side

    Wed, Dec 17 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery primary image

    Mill Talk: Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery

    Wed, Dec 10 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Disrupting Time primary image

    Mill Talk: Disrupting Time

    Wed, Dec 3 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Inside a Waltham Pocket Watch- How it works and why primary image

    Mill Talk: Inside a Waltham Pocket Watch- How it works and why

    Sat, Nov 22 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: What is Industrial Archeology: Its Past and Future primary image

    Mill Talk: What is Industrial Archeology: Its Past and Future

    Wed, Nov 19 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: The Great Boston Fire of 1872 primary image

    Mill Talk: The Great Boston Fire of 1872

    Wed, Nov 12 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Reverse Engineering the American Power Loom primary image

    Mill Talk: Reverse Engineering the American Power Loom

    Wed, Oct 29 • 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: The Stories of Women War Workers at Raytheon 1941-1945 primary image

    Mill Talk: The Stories of Women War Workers at Raytheon 1941-1945

    Wed, Oct 22 • 7:00 PM

    Free

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Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation

Organizer of Mill Talks
Our Mission: To educate people about America's industrial history and to encourage and inspire future innovation.We do this by creating engaging experiences that highlight the many fascinating technical and business innovations that have taken place in this region and continue to change the world.Located in the Francis Cabot Lowell Mill, an icon of the American Industrial Revolution, the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation brings together intriguing artifacts, cultural insights, and inspiring stories to delight people of all ages, enabling them to see the past and envision the future.

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