When Sheila Kirschbaum’s son began going to kindergarten in Lowell in 1989, she was teaching English at Rivier University in Nashua, New Hampshire. “Here I was, a teacher, and I thought, ‘I can’t just ...

Scranton, Pennsylvania, might be most famous today as the setting of NBC's former sitcom, "The Office," but this northeastern Pennsylvania city was once one of the industrial capitals of the United ...

LOWELL — It was the convergence of five Lowell entities that brought about 60 people to the UMass Lowell Bellegarde Boathouse Thursday afternoon. “The river, the educators, the university, the history ...

During our week-long workshop, "Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution," teachers participated in a number of different activities. The videos on this page use a montage approach to ...

Wanted: A visionary museum leader who can raise funds and advocate for the region’s most prominent repository of industrial history. Think you fit the bill? You can apply now to become the next ...

Bethlehem, Pa -- The "National Museum of Industrial History" provides physical displays that describe the origin and progress of machines. The museum is located alongside the "Steelstacks," which has ...

Through industrialization, humans transformed the world, introducing social and environmental changes of unprecedented scope, scale, and speed that continue to impact us today. Industrial ...

Troy’s historic South Central neighborhood is a treasure trove of industrial history. An 88-foot long mural designed and produced by students of Questar III installed at the Hill Street MarketPlace in ...

At the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, original steam engines, steel forges, and textile looms tell the story of how American industry transformed from hand tools to ...

The landscape described as Finger Tips by Jon Pountney, former spoil tips at Clwyd y Fagwyr, Merthyr Tydfil Is Wales’ once-proud industrial history being left to quietly disappear into the arms of ...

BETHLEHEM — A casino, theaters, outlet shops, restaurants, concert halls. The former Bethlehem Steel plant has been redeveloped as many things over the last decade, but this week it will welcome an ...

BELLOWS FALLS — The brick walls of Robertson Paper Co. might have come down, but deciphering its history is still continuing. Two archaelogists are at work at the old paper mill site, one looking to ...