Mill Talks
Our Lowell Lecture Series
Our Mill Talks series features 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, which is to encourage and inspire future innovation in America.
The Mill Talks Series at the Charles River Museum is sponsored by The Lowell Institute.
Are you interested in sponsoring events at the Charles River Museum? Please contact us for more information
Upcoming Mill Talks
Check back here for future talks.
For a complete calendar of all our upcoming events, CLICK HERE
Past talks include:
Video links provided below where available
Our December 12th Mill Talk:
HOW DICKENS HELPED BRING CHRISTMAS TO BOSTON,
with Susan Wilson—the Official House Historian of the Parker House
is now available on the
WGBH Forum YouTube page
Our June 29th Mill Talk,
"THOSE VALUABLE PEOPLE, THE AFRICANS," with Prof. Ronald W. Bailey
is now available on the
WGBH Forum YouTube page
Our March 22nd Mill Talk,
BIRTH OF A NEW UTILITY, with Audrey Schulman
is now available on the
WGBH Forum YouTube page
More past Talks:
• NEW ENGLAND TEXTILES: SUSTAINING THE TRADITION - 50 Years and Still Spinning
presented by John “Chick” Colony VIDEO
• SPINNING AS “INDUSTRY”
presented by Zoë Lawson VIDEO
• CITIES AT THE FALLS
presented by Patrick Malone, Prof. Emeritus, Brown Univ. VIDEO
SPINSTER ZOE LAWSON
• A PHOTOGRAPHIC TOUR OF BOSTON’S MOST INNOVATIVE PLACES
presented by Scott Kirsner VIDEO
• JOHN LOWELL JR. AND THE LOWELL INSTITUTE
presented by Chaim M. Rosenberg MD. Ph.D. VIDEO
• An Evening with the Authors of BOSTON MADE
a presentation by Dr. Robert Krim and Alan Earls - VIDEO
• BACK TO NATURE: The Boston Associates and the Landscape of 19th-century Massachusetts
with Kate Viens, PhD - VIDEO
• KISSING THE SHUTTLE
presented by author Mary Ann Mayer - VIDEO
• INNOVATIONS and CONNECTIONS - The story of Isaac Markham and his machine drawings
author Polly Darnell - VIDEO
• Exploring the Evolving Roles of Women in Manufacturing:
A Panel Discussion - VIDEO
• The Charles Dickens Lecture
Actor/Historian J.T. Turner. VIDEO
• Does Technology Drive History?
SUNY/Albany professor David Hochfelder VIDEO
• What is Industry 4.0 and How Did We Get Here?
MIT professor David Hardt. VIDEO
professional engineer Robert TImmerman
• The Back Bay Connection: Waltham and Perpetual Power
Brown University Professor Emeritus Patrick Malone
• From Merchant Princes to Lords of the Loom: Textile Mills and the Remaking of Boston's Political Economy
Yale Professor Mark Peterson VIDEO• Hydro and Steam Power for Mills from 1840 to 1920
professional engineer Robert TImmerman VIDEO
• Wheel Hero: Charles H. Metz- !nventor of Bicycles, Cars and Motorcycles
Bob McGann, in conjunction with The Waltham Museum• The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell
author Chaim Rosenberg. VIDEO
• Poetry Fuels Democracy - An Evening with Poet Richard Blanco VIDEO: WGBH Forum Network
• Cycling in Boston: Race and Revival (1880-2000) author Lorenz Finison
• The Factory and the Making of the Modern World
professor and author Joshua B. Freeman VIDEO
• Mill Village / Mill City: Mill City Who's Got the Power?
photographer and author Steve Dunwell VIDEO
• Bells and Bonnets: Mill Girls Both Dutiful and Defiant
CRMII historian Amy S. Green, Ph.D. VIDEO
CRMII historian Amy S. Green, Ph.D
• Civil War Massachusetts
Stephen Kenney, Ph.D., Director of the Commonwealth Museum VIDEO
• Liberty Street: Anti-Slavery Activists in Waltham
Alex Green VIDEO
• Before Waltham: The Lost Mills of Spot Pond Brook
authors Alison Simcox and Douglas Heath
• The Story of Marshmallow Fluff
author Mimi Graney
• Almost Forgotten Female Inventors
CRMII historian Amy S. Green, Ph.D.
• The Ingenious Machinist Paul Moody
author Anthony Connors
• The Bicycle Craze of the 1890s: Waltham's Contributions to the Fastest Wheels on Earth
CRMII historian Amy S. Green, PhD.
