Don't miss Doors Open XTRAs, special opportunities to enhance your Doors Open Lowell experience through special tours, demonstrations, and interactions with design professionals.  Doors Open XTRAs are free and no preregistration is required but attendance may be limited to a first come, first served basis.

THIS LISTING REPRESENTS THE DOORS OPEN LOWELL XTRAs AS OF APRIL 23, 2024.

NOTE THAT DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE XTRA EVENT AT THE NATIONAL PARK’S KIRK STREET AGENTS HOUSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.

Saturday, May 18

St. Patrick Church
282 Suffolk Street
10:15 am, 11:15 am, 12:15 pm Come hear Parish organist Jeffrey Smith play the recently fully restored 1906 Jesse Woodberry pipe organ.  The organ is believed to be the largest operable pipe organ in Lowell today and you’ll be welcome to visit the choir loft to see it up close.

10:30 am, 11:30am, 12:30 pm
Hidden in the steeple of St. Patrick Church are eleven bells, which together are known as a chime and one of only two chimes in Lowell. Come hear Parish chimer Robert “Bob” Feldman demonstrate the chime during three brief 15-minute chime concerts.

Gates Block
307 Market Street
Noon
In addition to touring three floors of creative studios, touring their gallery, and relaxing in the adjacent garden from 10am-4pm, stop by and see a noontime artist demonstration in the gallery. 

Tremont Yard
1 Tremont Place
1 – 4 pm
Discover historic subterranean waterpower features with former Lowell National Historical Park Ranger Dave Redding.

Spalding House
383 Pawtucket Street
1 – 4 pm
View paintings by Mark Romanowsky and also learn about water quality in rivers through a hands-on demonstration on the back patio.

Coburn Hall                                                                                                         
850 Broadway Street
1 – 4 pm
Meet UMass-Lowell professor Marie Frank and learn more about the history and restoration of Coburn Hall’s 1930s era murals.