Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation

06/01/2026

Facebook currently won't let us change this on our profile picture, but we want to show our support and appreciation to all our LGBTQIA+ friends and family for Pride Month!

06/01/2026

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! If you plan on visiting the Charles River Museum between June 1, and July 15, the footbridge over the river from the public parking lot at 42 Cooper St. may be closed for construction. Here are two alternate routes from the parking lot to our front door. For more information, please visit our website. Link in bio.

06/01/2026

There were a lot of happy faces of all ages at our NextGen STEMFest: Innovate and Create on Saturday. But this picture pretty much encapsulates the entire day for us!

05/30/2026

While our museum is bustling with energy (and bursting with visitors!) for today's NextGen STEMFest: Innovate and Create, we're also being represented by Steve and Lain at the WBUR Festival in downtown Boston! The Charles River is a proud sponsor of the WBUR Festival this weekend through support of our Massachusetts Travel and Tourism (Visit Massachusetts) MA250 grant!

05/29/2026

We're looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow, May 30th 10-4 for NextGen STEMFest:! But REMEMBER there is NO MUSEUM PARKING at the Mill where we are located! Public Parking is available at the Embassy Lot (42 Cooper St), and additional parking nearby at the Carter Street Lot is available, as well as other municipal lots and on-street parking.

Closest Lots (by distance)
Embassy Parking Garage, 42 Cooper St
Carter Street Lot, 3 Carter St
Crescent Street Parking Lot, 24 Crescent St
Walnut Street Lot, 41 Walnut St
Common Street Lot, 68 Common St.

More info at charlesrivermuseum.org/directions

05/29/2026

MILL TALK JUNE 10th. Jordan B. Smith presents a new story of how rum was invented, made, sold, and consumed in the Atlantic world, and how that expansive story structured life and labor in colonial Massachusetts. He’ll introduce you to a commodity that transformed cultures of making and drinking in large part due to its ubiquity and affordability. Moreover, he argues, rum’s emergence as the quintessential Atlantic commodity tied together myriad innovations to inspire a broader reimagining of what commodities were and how they were made. This talk builds on Jordan’s 2025 book, The Invention of Rum: Creating the Quintessential Atlantic Commodity.

05/28/2026

The words of Frederick Douglass resonate today more than perhaps ever. We highly recommend going to this event from our friends at Historic Beverly, as we can guarantee it will be an inspiring day!

Our annual Reading Frederick Douglass Together event is exactly one month away and we couldn't be more excited. Make sure to join us at 10 A.M. on Saturday, June 27th at Hale Farm for the biggest one yet!

We're also still looking for readers! If you'd like to be a part of the day and read a segment of Douglass's famous July 5th speech, "What, to the Slave, is the 4th of July?" comment or reach out to Krystina at [email protected]

Thanks to Mass Cultural Council for making this event possible!

05/27/2026

We cut a real brass gear on our Brainard Mill! Thanks to Ryan from the Men’s Shed for showing us how.