Mill City Museum Elevator

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Mill city museum elevator. Flour tower elevator show. The centerpiece of the exhibit is the multi story flour tower in which visitors sit in the cab of a freight elevator and are taken to different floors of the building each designed to look like a floor in a working flour mill. Built within the ruins of what was once the world s largest flour mill mill city museum is packed with fun for all ages. The mill complex dating from the 1870s.
Take a trip through time and see scenes of the old mill in action. It was a full 2 hours with a 29 minute film survey of minneapolis history and culture an elevator tour of the flour mill history and a docent presentation of working women s lives in the late 1800 s. Mill city museum is a minnesota historical society museum in minneapolis it opened in 2003 built in the ruins of the washburn a mill next to mill ruins park on the banks of the mississippi river the museum focuses on the founding and growth of minneapolis especially flour milling and the other industries that used hydropower from saint anthony falls. We just left a 2 hour tour of the mill city museum.
It was a full 2 hours with a 29 minute film survey of minneapolis history and culture an elevator tour of the flour mill history and a docent pre. History of minneapolis film. A scenic ride from the observation level to the ground floor at the mill city museum on the banks of the mississippi river. The museum is dedicated to the origins of industry and flour milling on.
Mill city museum is an architectural showpiece rising eight stories within the limestone ruins of the washburn a mill a national historic landmark nestled on the riverfront. Book your tickets online for mill city museum minneapolis. The museum features exhibits about the history of minneapolis flour milling machinery a water lab and a baking lab. We just left a 2 hour tour of the mill city museum.
This museum is in an old flour mill and it has displays that are interactive a baking lab and a grain elevator experience that takes you to the top of the museum. With breathtaking views and rich history in the bustling downtown neighborhood there s no shortage of things to do.