Mill City Museum

On Wednesday, we went on our next summer field trip to the Mill City Museum. It was great--I learned so much and the kids had a lot of fun. Here D and M got to design their own cereal box.



The giant box of Bisquick.



Using the trains and river to deliver the goods to the stores.



Doing puzzles in the baking lab.



Then, learning about wheat and sampling baked goods.



The coolest part of the Mill City Museum was the Flour Tower. You get a scheduled time to ride in a giant elevator and learn more about the city of Minneapolis and its history of flour production.



This elevator is so big, it has risers in it to sit on!



We are sitting in the back row of the elevator listening to our tour guide give us some information. During the presentation, the elevator would go up and down eight different floors, stopping now and then at various ones which had a scene set up for us to look at while we listened to audio and watched some videos about flour production.



Closing the gates on the elevator.



We stopped on the eighth floor and saw some of the original building that was not destroyed in the 1991 fire. We also got great views of Minneapolis and the Mississippi River.





We also got to go outside on a little walkway on the eighth floor.



Below us were some of the ruins.



Back inside to the water room where we learned about the importance of the river in this industry back in its hey day.



Feeling the strength of the water pressure.



Logging on the Mississippi.



The kids took the place of the water and spun the wheel.



Outside, the kids got to explore the ruins.



We topped off our morning with a picnic lunch at the park next to the Guthrie Theater.