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  • Crazy Rube Goldberg Week!

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    A Week-Long Build In The Museum Main Gallery! Zachs Contraptions Starting on Monday, March 30th, and continuing through Friday April 3rd Rube Goldberg Machine Build in the Museum Main Gallery […]

    Free
  • Mill Talk: Failing Forward: The Critical Role of Failure in Creating Successful Rube Goldberg Machines

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    This Mill Talk explores how failure functions not as a setback, but as an essential tool in the design and construction of successful Rube Goldberg Machines, highlighting how misfires, breakdowns, and unexpected outcomes inform engineering decisions, improve reliability, and foster creative problem-solving. Zach Umperovitch is a three-time Guinness World Records holder, a National Rube Goldberg […]

    Free
  • The 2026 Official Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Regional Qualifier Event

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    Registration required to participate in the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest! Watch the contestants throughout the day! Included with Museum Admission Open To Grades K-12 Plus Anyone 18+ May Now Compete!  

    Free
  • Mill Talk: 29 Mill Villages – and More

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    Ashton, Forestdale, Peacedale, Cabotville, Hopedale, Uxbridge, Millville and Slatersville, of course. Along our New England rivers there are more than a hundred small factory villages. Following familiar patterns, they are each unique and fitted to their location. Skipping the big ones (Lowell, Amoskeag, Biddeford), this is the story of the little ones - often isolated […]

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