Samuel Slater Experience is now open on Thursdays! The museum began special new hours on July 13th and is now open Monday-Wednesday by appointment, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday noon to 4:00 p.m.

With Thursdays added, Samuel Slater Experience is now poised for Highland Street Foundation’s August Adventures, which will provide access and opportunities to new and old partners highlighting the geographical and cultural diversity of the Massachusetts arts and culture community.

Visit Samuel Slater Experience for free on Saturday, August 19th. Tours take about an hour and a half. Due to the large number of anticipated participants, only ten people will be allowed per time slot.

Email [email protected] or call 50-461-2955.

The Samuel Slater Experience comprises more than twenty unique, immersive exhibits that make the history of the American Industrial Revolution and its people come alive.

First off, during the Orientation, visitors learn about the beginnings of a mill economy, with examples of the spinning and weaving tools that predate the American Industrial Revolution.

Other exhibits as visitors make their way through the museum include “Meet young Samuel Slater in Belper, England;” “Samuel Slater’s Shipboard Immersive Theater Experience;” “Slater arrives in NYC—was that a rat I just saw?”; “Slater settles in Rhode Island;” “Master of Industry—Samuel Slater’s office;” “A tough life—mill worker’s bedroom and kitchen;” “Waterwheel and Slater’s Mill;” “Create your own textile;” “Mill workers’ working life and community life;” “Why this Place? Webster 1820 to 1900;” “Town of Webster Streetscape;” “The Trolley Car 4D Experience;” “Maanexit Hotel;” “Mannexit Hotel Speakeasy;” “The Liberty Theater interior;” “Webster Times interior;” “Make your own Webster Times newspaper;” “Racicot Bros. general store;” “Dugan’s drug store;” and “Webster Then and Now.”

To make a donation in support of one of the region’s coolest happening place this summer, go to samuelslaterexperience.org.