The Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
Top 1 in Top 5 Most Unusual Museums in Boston
In Waltham, Massachusetts, close to the confluence of the Charles River and Moody Street, on the Charles River Bike Path, is the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, a museum dedicated to the American Industrial Revolution, and is one of the Most Unusual Museums in Boston. The industrial revolution's tools and relics from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are kept there and put on exhibit. The structure was initially constructed as a component of Francis Cabot Lowell's pioneering, fully integrated textile mill, the Boston Manufacturing Company. The museum only occupies a small fraction of the complex of the former mill buildings, which were incorporated in 1980 and made public in 1988.
The museum also features a special display of the Waltham Watch Company to highlight the history of the city's watch manufacturing. The museum's core exhibits focus on the region's participation in the American Industrial Revolution. The museum has two rotating exhibit areas that rotate every three to six months and encompass everything from science and math to cultural inquiry. In the Waltham region, the museum also organizes a variety of events and festivals. It was the venue for the inaugural Watch City Steampunk Festival, the first such event to take place in a town.
Google Rating: 4.5/5.0
Location: 154 Moody Street, Waltham, MA
Contact: 02453781-893-5410 | info@charlesrivermuseum.org
Website: charlesrivermuseum.org
Opening hours: Wednesday - Friday: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Saturday: 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
