Directions & Transportation

Begin your visit at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, 115 John Street. General information is available at either location. Information about additional park sites can be found here.

Getting to the Boott Cotton Mills Museum

The directions below take you directly to the Boott Cotton Mills Museum. Paid parking is available across the street from the Museum in the Downes Parking Garage (75 John Street). Note: Free parking is available at the Hamilton Canal Innovation District Parking (350.4 Dutton St.) which is 0.6 miles away from the Boott Cotton Mills Museum.

From Interstate Route 495 take Exit 89C on to the Lowell Connector

From Route 3 take Exit 80A if traveling southbound, Exit 80B if traveling northbound.


• Take the Lowell Connector to Exit 5B Thorndike Street.

• Continue right on to Thorndike Street, which becomes Dutton Street.

• Take a turn right at the corner of Dutton and Merrimack Street
• Take the 2nd left onto John St. Paid parking is available at the Downes Garage (75 John St.) on your right. The Museum is at the end of the street, 1 block away from the garage.

Parking

Paid parking is available in the Joseph Downes city parking garage, located at 75 John Street, one block from the Boott Cotton Mills Museum.

Disability designated parking spaces are provided in the city parking garage at 75 John Street. The garage has a height limitation of 6' 8" for vehicles. Vehicles that display disability license plates or a hanging placard may also park at no cost in any designated parking space within the City of Lowell.

Visitors with oversized vehicles (busses, RVs, etc.) can park on the north side of Father Morissette Boulevard between Aiken Street and University Avenue. NPS spots are marked with signs. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum (115 John Street) is .6 miles from the oversized vehicle spots.

Public Transportation

Commuter rail service is available from Boston's North Station to Lowell's Gallagher Terminal. View the MBTA schedule for the Lowell Line. Lowell Regional Transit Authority (LRTA) shuttles buses run between Gallagher Terminal and downtown Lowell Monday through Saturday. Please view the schedule for the LRTA “Downtown Shuttle.”

Last updated: February 10, 2025

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Contact Info

Mailing Address:

67 Kirk Street
Lowell, MA 01852

Phone:

978 970-5000

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