LYNN MUSEUM

In the heart of Lynn's Arts & Cultural District, the Lynn Museum was founded in 1897 to collect, preserve and illuminate the city's remarkable history. The museum has evolved into a vibrant cultural center, expanding its footprint to include the LynnArts building at 25 Exchange Street... The Lynn Museum/LynnArts offers changing exhibitions and innovative youth and adult programs which engage and enrich Lynn's diverse community. The Lynn Museum encourages active participation in exploring the city's past while shaping a vision for its future... Although the first shoemakers in Lynn settled in 1635, it was not until the eighteenth century that shoemaking emerged in the town as a family practice within a shoemaker's house positioned on the grounds of the homestead called the ten-footer. As quality and reputation grew, so did the city's industrial growth, which led it into the nineteenth century, making Lynn a booming shoe city, a city once called "the greatest shoe town in the country."..

Primary location: Lynn United States