We recently made a family trip to a local museum. The museum is dedicated to life during the Industrial Revolution. The whole first floor- the Weave Room- showed what the mills looked like long ago. Original documents are displayed in frames on the wall.
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| There are signs like this throughout the museum, describing and even quoting the workers |
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| Tools of the Mill workers |
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| A real loom used in the Mill |
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| Restored looms that are actually running! They weaved cool patterns. It was VERY noisy in this room. |
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| Inspecting a loom (not running) |
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| We all had ear plugs to drown out the noise in the Weave Room. We got to feel the fabric the looms made. |
Upstairs we saw tools used by farmers who lived in the South.
We saw (and were even able to carry) large bags that slaves had to use when picking cotton.
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| Model of the Boott Cotton Mills |
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| Checking out the tools used and feeling the cotton. |
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| Quote from a Mill worker |
Clothing worn by wealthier people.
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| Overseer- Basically a manager of the mills |
As we were leaving we saw girls dressed as Mill Girls. I tried to get the kids in, but they were too shy to stand with strangers.
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| "Mill Girls" |
Then we went out for brunch where I asked them to smile if they had fun. Guess not.
This trip was a LOT of fun. We definitely plan on going back soon. There were lots of things we didn't get to see because we were on a time crunch.
