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Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Study: Summer 1997

Visitor Services Project Report 100

This report profiles Lowell National Historical Park visitors. A separate appendix contains visitors' comments about their visit. One of the study results highlights that 61% of visitor groups are interested in textile demonstrations, 59% are interested in canal-related programs and 46% would like to see craft demonstrations. Ninety-three percent of visitors felt they had a better understanding of the park's national significance as a result of their visit. Additionally, the most common activities were visiting the visitor center (86%), viewing exhibits (66%) and visiting the Boott Cotton Mills Museum (65%).

Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Visitors contacted -- Demographics -- Area visited/length of stay -- Activities -- Sources of information -- Reasons for visiting -- Travel plans -- Other places visited -- Difficulty locating park -- Difficulty finding way around park -- Interpretive program preferences -- Understanding of national significance -- Visitor services and facilities: use, importance and quality -- Things that detracted from visit -- Perceived level of safety -- Expenditures -- Opinions about fees -- Overall quality of visitor services -- What visitors liked most -- What visitors liked least -- Comment summary -- Additional comments summary -- Additional Analysis -- Questionnaire

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Lowell National Historical Park, Code: LOWE
Social Science Division, Code: SSD

Lowell National Historical Park, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.6464996337891, Longitude: -71.3309020996094

Legacy NPS Focus Record ID : 231351

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10/06/2003

08/03/1997 - 08/08/1997

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Wall, Chris University of Idaho

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