The Mill Girls in Story & Song

The Mill Girls in Story & Song is a 45-minute historical tour about the women who worked in the Boston Manufacturing Company and other textile mills operated by the Boston Associates in Waltham and Lowell. Through stories, artifacts, images, and songs written by mill women and recorded during a museum concert by historical folk singer Diane Taraz, the program examines women’s roles in industrial America.

The tour presents New England’s “mill girls” as the first industrial workforce in the United States. It explores how these workers helped expand the American industrial economy, challenged assumptions about women as breadwinners, and participated in early workers’ rights movements and trade unions.

When: Saturday, November 7, 2026

Showtimes: 11:00–11:45 AM

Run time: 45 minutes

Tickets: Free for the tour. Visitors who wish to continue exploring the rest of the museum are asked to pay regular museum admission.

Venue: Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation

Address: 154 Moody Street, Waltham, MA 02453

Format: The free tour covers a limited section of the museum’s exhibits.

Phone: 781-893-5410

Email: info@charlesrivermuseum.org