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By car:

Lowell is located 28 miles north of Boston and 22 miles south of Nashua.

From Interstate Route 495 take Exit 89C onto the Lowell Connector.

From Route 3 take Exit 80A if traveling southbound, Exit 80B if traveling northbound.

• Take the Lowell Connector to Exit 5B Thorndike Street.

• Continue right onto Thorndike Street, which becomes Dutton Street.

• Turn right at the intersection of Dutton Street and Merrimack Street. Then take the first right onto Shattuck Street, which is one-way.

• The NEQM is located at the corner of Shattuck Street and Middle Street.

By train:

Commuter rail service is available by MBTA from Boston's North Station to Lowell's Gallagher Terminal.

Lowell Regional Transit Authority shuttles run between Gallagher Terminal and downtown Lowell. There is a shuttle stop at the corner of Market and Shattuck Streets, one block from the museum.