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Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation

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  • Mill Talk: Inside a Waltham pocket watch — How it works and why.

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

    Step inside the intricate world of fine watchmaking with Waltham’s own Chris Carey, watchmaker and owner of Watertown Watch and Clock. In this live demonstration, Chris will carefully disassemble a Waltham Model 1908 pocket watch, revealing the artistry, engineering, and precision that made Waltham a world leader in timekeeping. As he takes the watch apart […]

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Disrupting Time

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

    How industrial espionage shaped the future of the American and Swiss watch industries. In the fall of 1876, two Swiss spies came to America and conducted some of the most covert and consequential industrial espionage in history, changing the course of the global watch industry forever. "Disrupting Time" is a true historical narrative of business […]

    Free

  • 2nd Shift Concert: Hickman, Anick & Woodsmith

    Make no mistake, these three will move more air and rouse spirits higher than ensembles twice their size. It’s a fine name for a fictitious law firm, but Hickman, Anick & Woodsmith make an even better power trio. The recipe is simple— Celia Woodsmith’s soulful, powerhouse vocals and Jason Anick’s blindingly virtuosic fiddle playing, grounded […]

    $28.52

  • Mill Talk: Plantation Goods — A Material History of American Slavery

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

    In this talk Seth Rockman, George L. Littlefield Professor of American History at Brown University, tells the biggest stories of early American history through the most mundane artifacts: shoes manufactured in Massachusetts for the use of enslaved people in Mississippi, for example, or woolen dresses stitched in Rhode Island for enslaved women in South Carolina […]

    Free

  • Mill Talk: And the Cabots talk only to God — Francis Cabot Lowell’s Cabot side

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

    Discover the story of the Cabot family, whose legacy of wealth and influence shaped Massachusetts from the colonial era through the dawn of industry, even inspiring the name of Francis Cabot Lowell. From their roots in Salem to their ventures in maritime commerce, the Cabots built a network of enterprise that extended across New England […]

    Free

  • Charles River Collaboratory public workshop: Basics of 3D printing

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

    Please note the 3D printing workshop on January 17 is full. You can still register to be put on a waiting list. Ever wonder what 3D printing is and how a 3D printer works? Led by the Charles River Collaboratory youth leaders, this session demystifies "additive manufacturing" by giving participants direct access to the Collaboratory's […]

    Free

  • Charles River Collaboratory public workshops: Embroidery

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

    Ever wonder how to embroider your initials onto cloth? In this youth-led workshop, participants explore the intersection of textile art and modern technology using the Collaboratory's embroidery machines. In this workshop, you will learn how to use an embroidery machine and be introduced to open-source embroidery software such as Inkscape and Inkstitch. Our goal for […]

    Free

  • Mill Talk: The unlikely story of Roomba—birthing the world’s favorite robot

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

    Every product has a story, but one of the most improbable is the tale of Roomba. For 40+ years major corporations and basement tinkerers alike struggled to solve the seemingly simple problem of building a robotic floor cleaner. Nothing worked. Finally, in 2002 a quirky team from an unknown company cracked the riddle and delivered […]

    Free

  • MassDestruction Resurgence V: Robot Combat!

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

    MassDestruction returns once again to the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, bringing you an entire day of mechanized mayhem! Expect to see Boston’s brightest put their metal to the metal as we clash 3 lb and 1 lb robots in our Pyramid of Pain! Standard museum admission applies.

    $10

  • Charles River Collaboratory public workshops: How to work with AI

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

    Ever wonder what all the hype is about with AI? This workshop will be led by Charles River Collaboratory instructors, with youth leaders as co-instructors. This workshop will focus on the basics of AI, and you will learn to train a “machine learning” model for object recognition to understand how AI models are trained by […]

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Forging History —The creation of Saugus Iron Works NHS

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

    The Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, located in Saugus, Massachusetts, is a mid-twentieth century reconstruction of a seventeenth-century ironworks. Built by private investors in the public interest, the site is at turns an outdoor museum teaching the public about the origins of the iron and steel industries and an object lesson in the ingenuity […]

    Free

  • Charles River Collaboratory public workshops: Laser Engraving

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

    Ever wonder how they get images and text on keychains, jewelry, and other objects? This workshop introduces participants to using the laser cutters and laser engravers at the Charles River Collaboratory. Under the guidance of experienced youth leaders, attendees learn safety protocols, laser settings (power and speed), and basic design techniques to create engraving projects. […]

    Free