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Mill City Museum




Built in the ruins of the Washburn A Mill, which at one time was the largest flour mill in the world, today the Mill City Museum serves as a reminder of the great mills that were essential to Minneapolis. Both General Mills and Pillsbury, among many others, started right here on the Mississippi waterfront in Minneapolis.


The Minnesota Historical Society now operates the Mill City Museum within the structure. The museum features exhibits of the history of milling, examples of the machinery that was used to grind wheat into flour, and a tour that shows the jobs that were performed on each of the eight floors of the mill. In the centerpiece display of the museum, visitors are seated in a large elevator in the Flour Tower, where they are taken, floor by floor, to an animatronic recreation of the machinery that used to be on every floor of the mill. At the end of the tour, visitors are taken to an outdoor observation area at the top of the mill structure, where they can overlook the old complex as well as have spectacular views of the riverfront area.





Reflection of Gold Medal Sign at the Mill City Museum as seen from the Guthrie Theater
Reflection of Gold Medal Sign at the Mill City Museum as seen from the Guthrie Theater		 Mill City Museum Lobby
Mill City Museum Lobby		 Old Granite and Limestone Wall at the Mill City Museum
Old Granite and Limestone Wall at the Mill City Museum		 Old Granite and Limestone Wall at the Mill City Museum
Old Granite and Limestone Wall at the Mill City Museum
Old Granite and Limestone Wall at the Mill City Museum
Old Granite and Limestone Wall at the Mill City Museum		 Gold Medal Sign at the Mill City Museum
Gold Medal Sign at the Mill City Museum		 Gold Medal Sign at the Mill City Museum
Gold Medal Sign at the Mill City Museum		 Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Mill City Museum View
Mill City Museum View		 Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum		 Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum		 Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum with the Stone Arch Bridge in the Background
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum with the Stone Arch Bridge in the Background
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum		 Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum		 Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum		 Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Gold Medal Flour Sign amid the Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Gold Medal Flour Sign amid the Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum		 Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum		 Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum		 Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Ruins of the Washburn-A Mill at the Mill City Museum
Grain Elevators at the Mill City Museum with the Stone Arch Bridge in the Background
Grain Elevators at the Mill City Museum with the Stone Arch Bridge in the Background		 Mill City Museum
Mill City Museum		 Gold Medal Sign atop the Grain Elevators at the Mill City Museum as seen from the Guthrie Theater
Gold Medal Sign atop the Grain Elevators at the Mill City Museum as seen from the Guthrie Theater		 Reflection of Gold Medal Sign atop the Grain Elevators at the Mill City Museum as seen from the Guthrie Theater
Reflection of Gold Medal Sign atop the Grain Elevators at the Mill City Museum as seen from the Guthrie Theater
Gold Medal Sign atop the Grain Elevators at the Mill City Museum as seen from the Guthrie Theater
Gold Medal Sign atop the Grain Elevators at the Mill City Museum as seen from the Guthrie Theater		 Lobby/Dining Area of the Mill City Museum
Lobby/Dining Area of the Mill City Museum		 Lobby/Dining Area of the Mill City Museum
Lobby/Dining Area of the Mill City Museum		 Some of the Exhibits at the Mill City Museum
Some of the Exhibits at the Mill City Museum
Some of the Exhibits at the Mill City Museum
Some of the Exhibits at the Mill City Museum		 Some of the Exhibits at the Mill City Museum
Some of the Exhibits at the Mill City Museum		 Some of the Exhibits at the Mill City Museum
Some of the Exhibits at the Mill City Museum

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