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  • Lowell's Boat Shop and Museum 459 Main Street Amesbury, MA 01913 (map)

Wooden Boat Making and Water Powered Industries of Amesbury

Visit Lowell’s Boat Shop and the Industrial History Center with Executive Directors Graham McKay and Kelly Daniell.

Lowell’s Boat Shop, established in 1793, is the oldest operating boat shop in America. A National Historic Landmark and working museum, you will hear from Graham McKay while touring this last surviving site of the boat building industry in the Merrimack River Valley.

Visitors are then welcomed to the ACM’s Industrial History Center for a conversation with Kelly Daniell about the water powered industries in the heart of Amesbury, and how they shaped the community we live in today.

Refreshments will be served. Beer & wine available for purchase.

Members: $15 / Non-members: $20

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Earlier Event: January 13
Native Americans Of New England
Later Event: March 11
Susan B. Anthony