September 13, 2013, Friday - From Mill To Museum: The Hidden History of the Washburn Complex, 1965-2003 Exhibit opens at the Mill City Museum

Hours: Open year round Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m.

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

From Mill To Museum: The Hidden History of the Washburn Complex, 1965-2003

Fee: Free

“From Mill to Museum” is an exhibit of dramatic images and words about the Washburn A Mill from the years it sat abandoned between 1965 and 2000. After General Mills shut down the mill in July 1965, this National Historic Landmark sat unused except for a few tenants, curiosity seekers and homeless people. The exhibit will uncover this little-known period in the history of the building that is the home of Mill City Museum. It will feature photos from final years of flour milling, redevelopment plans by preservation pioneer Peter Nelson Hall, depictions of the abandoned mill by local artist Mike Lynch and photographer Matt Porath, words and photographs by JobyLynn Sassily-James who took shelter in the building during a period of homelessness in the 1990s, and studies by Tom Meyer, the architect of Mill City Museum. The exhibit is located in the museum’s central Mill Commons, and is free and open to the public during regular museum hours.

It will be on display through Dec. 31, 2013.