Gold Medal Walking Tours
Where Minneapolis took great strides, you can take a hike!
Learn the stories of our city’s past on a walking tour with the
Minneapolis history experts from Mill City Museum.
All tours depart from the Mill City Museum lobby unless otherwise
noted.
Tickets on sale online or at 612-341-7555
UPCOMING TOURS
Washburn A Mill Tour
April 21st, May 5th, May 26th, June 9, July 7,
July 22, August 26, September 1, and September 22, 2012
1:00 p.m.
$14 adults, $12 senior citizens & college students,
$10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members.
Includes museum admission. Tickets on sale
online or at 612-341-7555
Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building on this guided building tour. A museum interpreter will take visitors into the building’s many nooks and crannies, highlighting the lives of the men and women who worked there, how the building functioned during its peak flour milling years, and the many changes to the building over time. Also covered will be how the mill ruin was converted to a museum and office building.
Railroad History Tour
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June 10, July 8, July 29, August 12, September 9, 2012
1:00 p.m.
$14 adults, $12 senior citizens & college students,
$10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members.
Includes museum admission. Tickets on sale
online or at 612-341-7555
Minneapolis and its riverfront industries grew up with the railroads. Beginning with the arrival of Minnesota’s first rail line in 1862, Minneapolis boomed in population, flour milling, lumber production, and warehousing as a rail network extended throughout the Upper Midwest. Join a museum guide to discover the impact of railroads on the Mill City, visiting railroad landmarks such as the Stone Arch Bridge, Milwaukee Road Depot, the Minneapolis Eastern Railway engine house & trestle. Find clues to the vanishing railroad landscape and learn about the future of Twin Cities rail.
Historic Main Street Tour
June 16, July 1, August 11, September 15, 2012
1:00 p.m.
$14 adults, $12 senior citizens & college students,
$10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members.
Includes museum admission. Tickets on sale
online or at 612-341-7555
Stroll through the Minneapolis’s oldest neighborhood with a Mill City Museum guide, who will highlight the rich past and exciting future of historic Main Street. The tour will highlight the life in the village of St. Anthony, changes along Main Street throughout the years, and such landmarks as the 1855 Upton Block, 1858 Martin & Morrison Building, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, the Pillsbury A Mill and the Chalybeate Mineral Springs. This tour will begin and end at Pracna Restaurant, 117 Main Street S.E.
Minneapolis Riverfront Tour
June 17, June 30, July 21, July 28, August 19,
August 25, September 16, and September 23, 2012
1:00 p.m.
$14 adults, $12 senior citizens & college students,
$10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members.
Includes museum admission. Tickets on sale
online or at 612-341-7555
Walk the Minneapolis riverfront and learn about its dramatic past and bright future. Participants will visit the historic district at St. Anthony Falls, which was once the milling center of the world and is now a growing cultural, recreational, and residential neighborhood. A guide from Mill City Museum will lead visitors onto the Stone Arch Bridge for a spectacular view of the falls, the historic buildings surrounding it, and downtown Minneapolis. The guide also will tell stories of the people who have worked and lived in the area and how it has changed over the years.
Engineering the Falls: History Player William de la Barre Tour
June 23, July 14, August 5, September 8, September 30, 2012
1:00 p.m.
$14 adults, $12 senior citizens & college students,
$10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members.
Includes museum admission. Tickets on sale
online or at 612-341-7555
Join us for a walking tour of St. Anthony Falls led by costumed History Player William de la Barre, the Austrian engineer who spent half a century developing Minneapolis flour milling and waterpower. A costumed museum interpreter portraying de la Barre will lead visitors on a guided tour of the Minneapolis Riverfront, the west side milling district, and the Stone Arch Bridge, highlighting the many ways the falls has been changed over the years.
Family Riverfront Quest Tour
June 24, July 15, August 18, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Children (age 6-17): $10, MHS members are $7
Adults: $11, free for MHS members who accompany a child.
Seniors & College Students: $9, free for MHS members who accompany a
child.
Adults and seniors must be accompanying a child.
Recommended for ages 6-11.
Includes museum admission. Tickets on sale
online or at 612-341-7555
Families are invited to join a Quest of the Minneapolis Riverfront. A Quest is a community treasure hunt that guides people through, and teaches them to see, a unique part of their community. Our Quest begins with a short journal-making project, followed by a ramble along the riverfront outside Mill City Museum’s backdoor. Families will solve rhyming clues to find hidden boxes with stamps for their Quest journal. Discover the stories of this place together as we enjoy the outdoors and find Minneapolis history along the way. This tour is a Minneapolis must-do for ages 6 – 11, but all will enjoy! Materials included with cost of the tour. Adults and seniors must be accompanying a child.
Women's Work: History Player Eva Valesh Walking Tour
August 4, September 2, 2012
1:00 p.m.
$14 adults, $12 senior citizens & college students,
$10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members.
Includes museum admission. Tickets on sale online or at 612-341-7555
A costumed actor portraying labor writer Eva Valesh will lead a walking tour, highlighting the factories whose working conditions were exposed by Valesh in series of articles in 1888 and 1889. This tour also will examine the jobs available to women in the 19th and early 20th century, and some of the key events in women’s labor history in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Washington Avenue
June 5, June 19, 2012
6:30-8:30 p.m
$25 ($20 MHS members); reservations required.
Tickets on sale online or at 612-341-7555.
Begins and ends at Mill City Museum, 704 South Second Street,
Minneapolis MN 55401
Discover the richness of Minneapolis history, and slake your thirst with some fine beverages along a single road: Washington Avenue. Travel down this busy but underappreciated street to see the importance of railroads, warehousing, flour milling,, immigration, entertainment, and vice to the story of the Mill City. A trolley will take participants through the neighborhoods along Washington from 35W to Plymouth, with stops at significant historic places and two watering holes in historic buildings. Ages 21 and up only. Drink purchases are not included in the tour price. Drink specials will be made available at participating locations.
