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Mill Talks

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

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

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

    yesterday at 19:00

    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

  • Mill Talk: Why are Workers’ Stories Missing at Historic Sites? primary image

    Mill Talk: Why are Workers’ Stories Missing at Historic Sites?

    Wed, Oct 1, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mother Brook:Evolution of Industry Along the Country’s Oldest Power Canal primary image

    Mother Brook:Evolution of Industry Along the Country’s Oldest Power Canal

    Wed, Jul 23, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Living the Harpsichord Life; Building & Breathing the Instrument primary image

    Mill Talk: Living the Harpsichord Life; Building & Breathing the Instrument

    Wed, Jun 25, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: The Final Days of the Central Mass Branch primary image

    Mill Talk: The Final Days of the Central Mass Branch

    Wed, Jun 18, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • A Revolutionary Problem:Making Saltpeter During the War of Indpendence primary image

    A Revolutionary Problem:Making Saltpeter During the War of Indpendence

    Wed, Jun 4, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk Reinventing Cotton: Entrepreneurship and the Future of Production primary image

    Mill Talk Reinventing Cotton: Entrepreneurship and the Future of Production

    Wed, May 28, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Living the Harpsichord Life; Building and Breathing the Instrume primary image

    Mill Talk: Living the Harpsichord Life; Building and Breathing the Instrume

    Wed, May 21, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • New Lunar Society:An Enlightenment Guide to the Next Industrial Revolution primary image

    New Lunar Society:An Enlightenment Guide to the Next Industrial Revolution

    Wed, May 14, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Paul Revere’s Ride From  Patriot to Manufacturing Pioneer primary image

    Mill Talk: Paul Revere’s Ride From Patriot to Manufacturing Pioneer

    Wed, Apr 30, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Baby Food and the Industrialization of Taste in the U.S. primary image

    Mill Talk: Baby Food and the Industrialization of Taste in the U.S.

    Thu, Apr 3, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Levi’s®: The Youngest  Oldest Brand in the World primary image

    Mill Talk: Levi’s®: The Youngest Oldest Brand in the World

    Wed, Mar 26, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: The Greater Boston School of Harpsichord Building primary image

    Mill Talk: The Greater Boston School of Harpsichord Building

    Thu, Mar 20, 6:00 PM

    Free

  • Waltham on the Charles: Canoeing Capital of the World in the Early 1900s primary image

    Waltham on the Charles: Canoeing Capital of the World in the Early 1900s

    Wed, Mar 12, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Kittie Knox, Cyclist primary image

    Mill Talk: Kittie Knox, Cyclist

    Wed, Mar 5, 6:00 PM

    Free

  • MILL TALK: Denim Culture-Past & Present (incl. a screening of RIVETED) primary image

    MILL TALK: Denim Culture-Past & Present (incl. a screening of RIVETED)

    Thu, Feb 27, 6:00 PM

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Tariffs and Trade, Then and Now primary image

    Mill Talk: Tariffs and Trade, Then and Now

    Fri, Feb 21, 7:00 PM

    Free

  • MILL TALK Negro Cloth, Enslaved People & the Legacy of Lowell Manufacturing primary image

    MILL TALK Negro Cloth, Enslaved People & the Legacy of Lowell Manufacturing

    Thu, Feb 6, 7:00 PM

    Free

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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.