The Museum preserves the heritage of the mechanical arts, celebrates the ingenuity of our mechanical forebears, and explores the effects of their work on our everyday lives. The American Precision Museum, housed in the original Robbins & Lawrence Armory, now holds the largest collection of historically significant machine tools in the nation.

"A Worthy Prototype of American Heavy Industry"
Explore this place where European iron makers brought their special skills to a young Massachusetts colony. Three hundred year old artifacts, working waterwheels, and mill machinery help to tell the story of a business failure destined to be a National Park.

Bass Pro Shops stores are also part museum, art gallery, antique store, aquarium, education, conservation and entertainment center.  The entire store is a tribute to the vast diversity of the New England landscape and its people.  Using more than 3,500 area artifacts, antiques, pictures, mounts and memorabilia, the store becomes a living museum of New England's hunting, fishing, camping and other outdoor legacies. 

The early story of America's Industrial Revolution is commemorated at Lowell National Historical Park. Visitors will get an in-depth look into the past that brought the 19th century textile industry to tap the waterpower of the Merrimack River. Uncover the Industrial Revolution through interactive exhibits at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, and see the operating power looms.