Mill City Museum

We just left a 2 hour tour of the mill city museum.
Mill city museum. This is an interactive museum about the reason minneapolis exists. Built within the ruins of what was once the world s largest flour mill mill city museum is packed with fun for all ages. Covid 19 update with safety measures in place our doors are open at our minnesota community branch locations for all services with capacity controlled lobby access. See 19th century flour milling machines view vintage advertising sit at a huge dinner table outfitted to feed a wheat harvest crew trace the journey of wheat from farm to market design your own cereal box and meet a history player from the city s past.
The mill complex dating from the 1870s. Louis in which artists have repurposed the pieces of old cities to build miles of tunnels slides climbers bridges and castles. The striking mill city museum was built on the banks of the mississippi river amid the ruins of the old washburn a flour mill a national historic landmark. Restaurants near mill city museum minneapolis on tripadvisor.
The award winning architectural renovation combines relics of the mill s past with modern steel brick and wood to create a contemporary industrial space that beautifully preserves the building s historic. Get social with us. Discover the lively mississippi riverfront the very birthplace of minneapolis and experience the fiery past and dynamic present of this national historic landmark. Mill city a division of city county credit union provides affordable financial solutions to 8 minnesota metro counties general mills employees retirees and family members.
128 reviews of mill city museum i really enjoyed this museum and the nearby stone arch bridge and park. A unique concoction of raw power dramatic views and hands on fun propels you through mill city museum. None of these things would exist if there were no rapids at this certain bend in the mississippi river rapids which were. 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.
Find traveler reviews and candid photos of dining near mill city museum in minneapolis minnesota. 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. The metrodome mall of america walker arts center uptown and the university of minnesota. Playgrounds and ball pits.