You are not going to spend all day here, but the ride to the top on the elevator is intresting and the view from the top is amazing! Look for coupons in the Entertainment book. Kids and seniors and college students get discounts.

You are not going to spend all day here, but the ride to the top on the elevator is intresting and the view from the top is amazing! Look for coupons in the Entertainment book. Kids and seniors and college students get discounts.
Was not sure about going to the Mill City Museum. But boy i glad i did. Great look at the History of flour. The Elevator ride tour was very interesting. Don't miss the film on Minneapolis. Great view of the Mississippi River
Great display of the value of wheat and flour to our country. Extremely interesting "hands on" exhibits. Great for children and adults alike. Movie that shows the history of Minneapolis and a very unique eight story elevator tour of the structure that ends with a terrific ninth floor view of the Mississippi River, Arches Bridge and St. Anthony Falls.
Haven't been in here since they redid this! It's owned by MN Historical Society and is supposed to have restored the grain gins, packing lines from the days it was a huge grain handling, milling operation for Pillsbury, and was a big truck, train and barge unloading, loading facility! Right off Washington Avenue just west of I-35W about 4 blocks...
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Great hands on, interactive educational trip for kids, and informational interesting tour for adults. They have the self-tour museum room with a lot of activities to show how a mill works. They have short film "Minneapolis in 19 minutes flat" that's wonderful for all. And then the elevator trip was fascinating. Short film shots and voice overs from mill workers.
I didn't know anything about the flour milling industry or the history of Minneapolis. I'm not a fan of history, but the engaging movie "Minneapolis in 19 Minutes Flat" had me wanting to learn more about Minnesota. Kevin Kling's humorous take on its history along with the Flour Tower ride gave me an appreciation of Gold Medal Flour, Pillsbury, and...
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Great location for a wedding, the food was great and the service was nice. it was perfect for indoor and outdoors at the same time
Learn how the city became the flour manufacturing hub. Multi media presentations throughout. Opera ampitheater recently completed.
Good solid history with interesting technology and good personal stories. The Elevator history ride was well thought out.
The tour guide was well informed about the history of the mill era and the view from the observation deck was gorgeous.
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