National Park Service Announces Holiday Closures

National Park Service Announces Holiday Closures

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Dec. 20, 2011. It is reproduced in full below.

Lowell, Massachusetts.In observance of the upcoming holidays, Lowell National Historical Park is adjusting schedules:

·All Park facilities will be closed all day on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011 and on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, New Year's Day.The Visitor Center and the Boott Cotton Mills Museum and the Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit will close at 3:00pm on Saturday, December 24

·Lowell National Historical Park will reopen at 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday, December 26.

During the holiday week, Monday, December 26 through Saturday, December 31:

·The Visitor Center will be open daily, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

·Boott Cotton Mills Museum will be open each day from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm.

·The Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit will be open from 1:30pm-5:00pm during this period.

Lowell National Historical Park, one of over 390 units of the National Park Service, preserves and interprets the history of the American Industrial Revolution in Lowell, Massachusetts. The park in downtown Lowell includes historic cotton textile mills, 5.6 miles of power canals, operating gatehouses, and worker housing.

For more information about Lowell National Historical Park, visit the web site at www/nps.gov/lowe, or call 978-970-5000.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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