August 20, 2013, Tuesday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Riverfront Red Light Districts at the Mill City Museum

Times: 6:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Riverfront Red Light Districts at the Mill City Museum

Fee: $35/$30 for MHS members.

Reservations: required, register online.

Discover the lost history of prostitution on the Minneapolis riverfront on this unique tour with historian Penny Petersen, author of "Minneapolis Madams: The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront." The trolley tour of the Minneapolis riverfront includes stops at three former red-light districts that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Petersen will highlight the surprising stories of the powerful madams who ran them. Women of independent means, madams built custom bordellos to suit their tastes and exerted influence over leading figures and politicians. Learn why the city’s vice districts were clustered near the river, how the sex trade was interconnected with the Minneapolis economy and the stories of the real women who made their living there. The tour will include a stop for beverages and appetizers at a pub near the former Main Street red light district and will conclude with a social hour with the author at a nearby pub. Ages 21 and up only. Appetizers at the first stop included in the tour price. All drinks sold separately.

Note: The tour will include up to two blocks of walking. Please advise ticketing staff of physical challenges.