Mill City Museum

08/19/2026

We're honored to be nominated!

Mill City Museum has been nominated in Minnesota Monthly 2026 Readers' Choice Awards for best museum!

Since 2003, the museum and historic site has shared the history of Minneapolis as the flour milling capital of the world.

07/09/2026

Minnesota Salsa Fiesta returns to Mill City Museum this Saturday, July 11! Tickets are available through the Salsa Fiesta website: https://mnhs.info/3QIbVWQ

Note: Beware of resale scammers on Facebook and other social media platforms.

06/12/2026

Did you know that Mill City Museum and all of our MNHS historic sites participate in the Museums For All program? For anyone on food or medical assistance, or simply in need of admission assistance, just mention "Museums for All" at the ticket desk and receive FREE admission to the museum.

06/03/2026

Summer walking tour season kicks off at Mill City Museum this weekend with the Going Out, Coming In Tour on Saturday and Minneapolis Riverfront Walking Tour on Sunday.
For tickets and full tour schedule see our Events Calendar:
https://mnhs.info/4ueoZAU

05/21/2026

Please note that Mill City Museum is closed on Monday, 5/25 for Memorial Day.

05/15/2026

ca.1930 Sanborn Insurance map showing the density of industrial buildings that once lined both sides of Canal Street (now West River Parkway) in the Milling District along the Mississippi River. The Washburn A Mill (now Mill City Museum) is the blue-shaded building in the lower right-center.

Today, the foundations of the mill buildings along the north side of the street form the basis of Mill Ruins Park.

Historic Sanborn map from the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.
Current map from Google satellite view.

05/01/2026

"The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts, all on a summer's day
The Knave of Hearts he stole those tarts, and with them ran away..because they were baked with CERESOTA FLOUR"

Flour trade card. Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, 1902
Hennepin County Library collections.

04/24/2026

Join us on Friday, May 1 from 6:00-8:30pm for "Pot Likker: Food, Memory, and the Art of Nourishment" with Chef Lachelle Cunningham, an "invitation to slow down, create, eat, and connect."

Info and tickets here:

This intimate, hands-on gathering brings together food, storytelling, and art to explore how everyday cooking carries memory, culture, and care.

04/16/2026

"Gold Medal Flour building at night"
1970's

The view from this vantage point looks a lot different today, with the Aloft Minneapolis boutique hotel dominating the foreground along Washington Ave, and condos and newer development replacing the railroad tracks and warehouses of the 1970's.

Source: Hennepin County Library Digital Collections (Minneapolis Community Planning & Economic Development collection)