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The Mill Museum – The Windham Textile and History Museum

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      • 2019 Winter – Sidonia’s Thread
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      • 2011 – Polish Immigrants
        • Polish Immigrants – Opening
      • 2010 – Shaboo Legends
      • 2010 – Dollhouses
      • 2009 – Treasures from Our Collection
      • 2008 – Celebration Quilts
      • 2008 – Victorian Furniture
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    • Preindustrial Textile Production
      • America’s Best-Known Textile: The Star-Spangled Banner
    • Swift Waters:
      • Swift Waters or Cedar Swamp
      • Preindustrial Mills
        • Exploring the Relicts
      • Early Industrial Ecosystem
      • Down Sodom
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      • William Elliot Barrows
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      • Mill Boarding House
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      • The Puerto Rican Experience
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    • Where They Stood
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      • People of Color
        • Lyman Jackson
        • Caesar Hall
        • Joe Ginne
      • Abolitionists
        • Orrin and Jerusha Robinson
        • John Brown
        • John A. Conant
      • Immigrants
        • Simon and Rena Oggins
    • Historical Atlas of Windham
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    • The Cotton Connection
    • Built to Last
      • Windham Town Hall
      • Invasion of the Chain Stores
      • Capitol Theater
      • South Park Street Plant
      • Preserving the Past
      • Endnotes to Built to Last
    • Self-Guided Tour
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      • Voices of the Mills
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      • A Builder’s Tale
      • Girl Alone
      • The Flight of the Cotton Fairies
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        • Collapsible Ballingwinding Spindle
        • Loom Bobbin Winder
        • Picker Notebook
        • Tube Cutting Machine
        • Tube Rolling Machine
        • Practice Money
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  • The Emporium ~ Gift Shop
    • Nightmare on Main – Monsters
    • Trivia Night ~ September 23, 2020
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