March 2024
Hear Her Stories
Join Mill City Museum and Story Arts of Minnesota, with host Host Jen Scott, for an evening of storytelling in recognition of Women's History Month. Hear true stories–funny, poignant, and inspiring–from contemporary women inspired by history and women of the past. Pre-sale tickets are sliding scale ($10 and up), and sales close on March 23 at 3 pm. Day-of door price is $15.
Find out more »Washburn A Mill Tour
Explore the nooks and crannies of the Washburn A Mill, the National Historic Landmark that is the home of Mill City Museum. The tour highlights the lives of men and women who worked there, how the building functioned during its peak flour milling years, how it changed over time, and how the mill ruin was converted to a museum and office building. Includes museum admission the day of the tour.
Find out more »Workers’ History Tour
Discover the dramatic story of work and labor in Minneapolis from the nineteenth century to today. On this tour, a Mill City Museum guide will tell of the actions taken by workers and activists to improve the lives of working people, including those in the milling industry and in related industries throughout the city, and the response of management in the Citizens Alliance to create anti-union policies. Tour guests will also gain insight into how labor was divided across lines…
Find out more »April 2024
Danger and Disaster at the Mill Tour
Flour milling could be a dangerous job. Workers were exposed to constantly moving machinery, high-powered water turbines, and tall grain elevators where one wrong move might have disastrous consequences. This tour of the Washburn A Mill will explore the dangers that workers faced on the job, including the deadly 1878 mill explosion that led to the destruction and rebuilding of the riverfront industrial district. The tour will also include discussions of daily workplace machinery hazards such as the “Humphrey manlift,”…
Find out more »Author Event: “It Took Courage” with Christopher P. Lehman
Join Minnesota Book Award winning author Christopher P. Lehman as he premieres his new book, It Took Courage: Eliza Winston's Quest for Freedom at Mill City Museum. Lehman uncovers the story of Winston's first forty-two years and her long struggle to obtain her freedom. For thirty-one years she was enslaved by the family of President Andrew Jackson. Winston's experience demonstrates the lengths to which a person would go to escape slavery, attempting to work both outside and inside the flawed…
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