Best Museum Of Space History Lowell Near Me

Michael Luu: One of the most interesting and immersive museums I've been to. I highly recommend going. The video in the theater is about 15 minutes and very informative. It shows the origin story of Lowell and where the city is headed today. I do wish they showed more info on how the water turbines powered the rest of the mill.Visited on Weekend Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $1–5 …More

Jesse H.: Stupendous!! Thrilling!

dan cohen: Had a great afternoon visiting the museum. The exhibits were very informative and it was easy to get around.Visited on Weekend Wait time No wait Price for adult entry $6–10 …More

Thanh B: Very interesting museum to learn about technologies and history. Make sure you look at the signs for how they create patterns - the 'tube' pattern was mind blowing to me. Ask for some demonstrations from the technicians there, the guy named Michael was very helpfulVisited on Weekend Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $6–10 …More

Marley O'Neil: Visited on Weekend Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $6–10More

Rita Renken: Very interesting and informative!Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait …More

Alisson Sarazin: Visited on Weekend Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry FreeMore

Jennifer Youssef: Love the history here!

Anne Grasberger: I came because I weave, I'll be back to absorb more of the history of workers, conditions, strikes, and more. Loved the sound of the looms, the complexity of the machines, and buying some of the cotton woven here in the gift shop.

Lucia: Very cool! Better to visit on the weekdays as its less busy. If you go after 415pm, the entry fee is free. They have a working mill and some other elements that make it applicable to kids and adults. Doesn't take too long to visit the whole museum, no more than an hour for me - closer to 40 minutes. This is worth going to along with other museums in the area, or as a side activity.

Ladder of Knowledge: Learned alot.

Frank Mianzo: Nice museum. Worth the stop. Lots more tours available around town.

Stephen & Kathy Brassard: An amazing look back at our recent history. How great development and ingenuity let to horrible work conditions and work place injure and illnesses. And because there were woman who stood up and fought we now have OSHA.

Larry Stewart: Nice place to learn the history of the cotton industry

Donna Mitchell: Parking: The parking garage is near the visitors center, but some blocks away from the mill. The walk past businesses, restaurants and the quilting museum was interesting. We had great weather for it. The walk would not be so enjoyable if the weather were bad.Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended Not sure Price for adult entry $1–5 Parking space Plenty of parking Parking options Paid street parking, Free parking garage …More

Francine Arnold: Visited on Weekend Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $11–15More

John Brian Anderson: Interesting and InformativeVisited on Weekend Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $1–5 …More

Bobbie Wu: Learned a lot about the textile industry in Lowell. Seeing the sewing machines run on the first floor is fun. There are hands-on exhibits on the second floor, and you can also watch a very informative 25-minute short documentary. There are student discounts.Visited on Weekend Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $1–5 …More

Susan Kelly: Excellent living history and actual running looms! A pleasant air conditioned space on a hot day!

Sue W.: Visited on Weekend Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $1–5More

Pierce L.: Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended Yes Price for adult entry FreeMore

Burt Rubenstein: Interesting history for TB, polio, school of nursing, asylum. Two different tours: one of the campus and one through the museum.Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended Not sure Price for adult entry $6–10 …More

Emily D.: Wonderful museum with so much history, and the guided tour was excellent! Beautiful building/campus as well.Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Price for adult entry $6–10 …More

Aron Levy: Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry FreeMore

Carol Hurst: Very interesting, Mary was a great guide and very informative.Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended Yes Price for adult entry $1–5 …More

Tim Carter: We took an architectural tour of the hospital grounds. Very interesting! Recommend if you have any interest in architecture or the history of public health.

Susannah L: Fascinating tour. Sandra was an excellent guide!

Bill Devino: What an amazing store. Brings back a lot of memories when you were just a kid. Things were so much easier then. What a blast from the past.

Anita E. Wright: This is a gem of an experience!!One can feel the history as one passes thru the entrance and sights the beautiful ,expansiveBuildings and land supporting this Great Tewksbury hospital complex. It feels like sacred ground and upon entering the beautiful Museum building you learn of the best efforts of the caregivers to present time,to provide comfort,care and safety toA most unfortunate population ofResidents. And the historic role they had in today's Public Health System.The Docents are lovelyAnd tell the stories with love and respect of the accomplishmentsEspecially in public health of all those who came before us.It was a wonderful experienceAnd I will go back to do the outside tour to complete my visit.Thank you volunteers !!

Chris Schultz: Definitely worth the trip. If you're interested in learning about the history of public health, this is the spot.Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended Yes Price for adult entry $1–5 …More

Rick Mayes: A hidden gem! Took my college public health class here on a field trip and was very impressed with both the setting and the items the museum has to show. First time I've ever seen an iron lung. Great tour guides and definitely worth a visit! Highly recommended. Rick Mayes, University of Richmond and UVA School of Nursing

Norm Stembridge: Very educational, very informative.

Leslie DiCroce: Friendly staff and awesome museum! Enjoyed it very much!

Doreen Crowe: Awesome museum & very informative staff! This hidden gem is a must see, especially during a pandemic!

P Impink: Indoor timed, socially distanced tour was super informative. Niche museum- the WPA murals are a treasure. Will take grounds tour in the spring!

Rosalyn Impink: Great place to visit - guides are knowledgeable and panels are very informative. The tour was comprehensive and we learned some really cool history!

Barbara Ganley: Awesome volunteer guides. Lots of historical information.

Ryan Hureau: Honestly a really good museum

Nicole Smay: Small, but interesting museum. Will take the opportunity to join one of their guided tours in the future.

Tonya Urquizo: Unique

Paul Juser: We bought a package deal for this, the Witch Dungeon Museum and the New England Pirate Museum. The other two were a lot of fun despite their outdated exhibits, but this one was a rip-off. Many of the displays were broken and falling apart. Our tour guide didn't know her script and restarted multiple times. She also didn't say anything to the group outside her script and would sit down and take off her shoes while she was saying her lines. It was a very strange experience.

Zoe O'Haillin-Berne: The Witch History Museum almost falls into the “so bad it’s good category.” Believe it or not, I don’t even mean that in any negative way. I want to say that the tour guide we had was very knowledgeable, especially considering the fact that he had just transferred over from the New England Pirate Museum after it closed for the season. But there is an added level of kitsch entertainment in how outdated the vignettes with mannequins and animatronics are. The museum could use a facelift but, like the other witch museums, that’s part of the charm. If you have a tour guide like ours who is well aware of this fact, the tour can be quite fun. Though I can also see how some might find that inappropriate given the subject matter. I feel that despite jokes at the expense of the displays, the tour remained very respectful to those who were tried and lost their lives.The name of the museum may be misleading to some. “Witch History” paired with the logo of a broomstick-riding witch could give the impression that this museum covers the subject of witches more broadly. However, like many of the others in town, it is firmly centered around the 1692 witch hysteria and trials.Fun fact, the museum was originally planned to focus on the native tribes and indigenous people of the Massachusetts Bay Area, but later hopped on the witch bandwagon. This explains why the first display in the theatre area features Native American figures opposed puritans.The gift shop is pretty baseline. There are a few branded t-shirts and other little souvenirs (identical to those found at the Witch Dungeon with just the names swapped out). Other than that, it’s generic Salem merchandise and basic witchcraft tools and merch (much of which you’ll find elsewhere throughout town).Final summation, drop in if you’re looking for some cheesy fun straight out of the 80s with the potential to learn a little too! If you come during the peak season, pick up the combo pass to see this and its two companions, The Witch Dungeon Museum and New England Pirate Museum.Also, as a final thought, something more people need to be aware of is there is no museum loaded with authentic artifacts tied to witch hysteria of 1692. Between the fact that no one saw reason to keep them after all was said and done and a massive fire across Salem in the earliest 20th century, next to nothing survives. So, be aware of that fact when visiting and reviewing attractions in Salem - judge them based on what they are, not what they aren’t.

Yours Truly: Great history lesson

Jen Foote: Thanks for a great time Will!Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended Not sure Price for adult entry $11–15 …More

Kathy Lima: Not sure if it was because it was Halloween day but the employees were not happy at all to be there and the displays are super outdated. Not worth the experience in my opinion. It has the potential to be so much better.Visited on Public holiday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $6–10 …More

spotcha: The general facility is very dated.Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $11–15 …More

Meg Powers: Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $11–15More

Rowena McBride: Slightly better than the other wax museum but mainly because of the tour guide. The figures are done a little better and more proportionate but are still very…interesting. The groups are too large for the small space and makes hearing the guide difficult if you don’t try to fight your way to the front. If you really want to go and it’s tourist season; I would suggest getting tickets in advance. Between the ticket line and waiting in the lobby/gift shop area for the tour to begin it took about 45 minutes to be taken back to the exhibits. It did give me time to buy some reasonably priced souvenirs though!

Erin Howley: Visited on Weekend Wait time Up to 10 min Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry $11–15More

Valentina O.: I'm a Salem resident and I am on a mission to tour all the local attractions.I visited the Witch History Museum in November right after all the October frenzy.What this is:The Witch History Museum is located directly on Essex Street (the main pedestrian street in downtown Salem) and it is basically a guided tour through some life-size depictions of scenes from the Salem Witch Trials. Tours run every half hour (as in 10am, 10.30, 11 etc) and, as far as I know, tickets are only sold at the door before tours start. You can buy at the door also a combo ticket that includes other 2 museums (Witch Dungeon and The NE Pirate Museum).First you'll sit in a small, colonial style auditorium, where you can read some facts about the trials on the wall while waiting for the tour to start. The auditorium can host maybe.. 60 people? Probably more. When I toured it in November we were only 3 people in the tour.Your guide will give you a short introduction about the trials, and then walk you through the second part of the exhibition, downstairs, where you'll find - you can guess... - dioramas and mannequins. Yes, this is yet ANOTHER dioramas-and-mannequines Salem's attraction!This attraction is a direct competitor of the Witch Museum, as they have almost the same name and they are similar in intents and purposes.So, which one is better?I'll start by saying that it took me a minute to decide if rating this attraction 3 or 4 stars. The display downstairs is, in all honesty, dusty and outdated and it makes, in my personal opinion, no more than a 3 stars display.However, this attraction features a guided tour, so the quality of the experience is also based on the ability of your tour guide. Our guide was great, not as much as a "Salem-Witch-Trials connoisseur" 😊, but as a person able to tell a story to a group in an entertaining and fun way. So, I did enjoy the experience and I thought 3 stars were unfair, especially as it is better, in my opinion, than other attractions that I rated 3 stars (for example, the Wax Museum).Was the information given a generalization of the actual facts? Yes, it understandably was, given the small amount of time available.Were there mistakes in the information given? To the risk of sounding like an obnoxious know-it-all who tells others how to do their jobs... Yes, there were some mistakes in what was said during the presentation.So, is it better of worse than the Witch Museum?The Witch Museum has a better structured presentation, a longer show, more information around witch trials in general, a bigger and fuller gift shop, and together with their website and their programs, a general feeling of being "more than just an attraction" - while the With History Museum is indeed just an attraction - so it is objectively better (in my opinion. This is my personal opinion, objective to me 😊 I am not affiliated with the Witch Museum or any of the Salem's attractions)However, the Witch History Museum could be offering you things that might be more valuable to you depending on what you are looking for. The Witch History Museum has the "human touch" of an actual person guiding you through the display (instead of recordings as at the Witch Museum), pictures are allowed, you don't have to buy tickets in advance to secure your spot, you'll probably have shorter waiting times here to get in, and it is a quicker, "easier" experience to do that doesn't require any planning ahead.PROsInformative, enjoyable. It can be interactive (if you have questions for your guide!). You can take pictures.CONsThe display itself is old, and dark, and dusty. Because of the presence of a tour guide, the experience can go either way. And I can imagine that in a large crowd, it would not be easy to hear your guide talking.Whichever you can/want to visit, I don't recommend to visit both as the second one you visit will probably feel just like a repetition of what you learned from the first one.

Joseph Field: Joey was a fantastic tour guide. So knowledgeable and entertains as well as informs you about everything related to the witch history in Salem and places around Salem that are related to the hysteria as well. His sarcasm and quick wit kept us entertained and interested the entire time.Visited on Weekend Wait time Up to 10 min Price for adult entry $11–15 …More

Ananda Harris: Visited on Public holiday Wait time Up to 10 min Reservation recommended Yes Price for adult entry $11–15More

Emmy Jolie: Broken down art and poor information. Sad excuse for a museum.

Ramon Moreno: Every informative. Definitely stop if you are in Salam!!!

Matthew Thompson: Steer clear of this place. All of the tour guides all overdid the sarcasm to the point where it detracted from the experience. One of the guides started out saying "we are going to do a quick presentation, nothing really interesting." What a way to start to the show you just charged us money to see. At two different points, two different tour guides felt it was necessary to tell the same joke about one of the mannequins originally being a Michael Jordan mannequin, and there being a jersey underneath its Puritan shirt.. come on seriously?! The tour is split into room sections, and they crammed too many people into each section and started the presentation before all parties had even made it to the next section. As other posters noted it was hard to hear and the spaces were extremely musty. Wanted to enjoy this, just couldn't. Please, save your money.

Sarah L: "A museum is a building that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of historical importance." This is not a museum. It is a quick 5-10 minute show (depending on how long you stay to take pictures) done in the tiny, dark basement of the building. There are mannequin displays that a tour guide hustles you through to look at with a brief history about what is being depicted. The tour groups are too large - ours had about 25 people that had to squeeze into the tiny hallways of the basement. As just an entertaining walk-through it would receive better reviews, but the way it's marketed and the fact that it is musty and not cared for makes it an underhanded money grab by the man who saw an opportunity to exploit the witch trial fascination.

rafael paes: When you go to Salem by train this is one of the first attractions that you could find!Usually there is no big line and the name of the place sounds interesting!The museum itself it's by far interesting! They split people in two group and you stil not hearing the guide, because the space is tiny and the group is big and he speaks so fast and makes it's hard to understand!They sell 3 attraction (combo)- Witch History museum;- Witch dungeon museum;- New England pirates museum;The combo costs 32 bucks each person! And in my opinion don't worth it!

Kilana Ann: A fun experience for adults and kids.Visited on Weekend Wait time 10–30 min Reservation recommended Yes Price for adult entry $16–20 …More

Wayne Mclaughlin: Pretty lameWait time No wait Reservation recommended No Price for adult entry Free …More

Heather Lane: Great tour guide. Fun group. Terrific time!