Upcoming Programming at the Mill City Museum

The Mill District of Minneapolis is home to the Mill City Museum, a historical treasure part of the Minnesota Historical Society. Here's a sampling of upcoming events:

Millers’ Tour Multiple dates - A 60-minute guided tour including many of the nooks and crannies of Mill City Museum.

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Thursday, April 9 / 7pm-8 pm
Book Launch: “Making Mill City: Flour and Fortune in Minneapolis” with Author Robert Frame III
Join author and historian Robert M. Frame III for an illustrated presentation to celebrate the publication of Making Mill City: Flour and Fortune in Minneapolis, a richly illustrated history of the flour factories that transformed the milling industry worldwide—and forever changed the culture and architecture of Minneapolis.

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Sunday, April 12 / 1pm-2pm
Season’s Eatings: Spring
Spring is in the air and Mill City Museum staff invite you to the Baking Lab to celebrate the season! Visitors will be able to sample a lemon poppy seed Bundt cake recipe from the book Bundt Cake Bliss by Susanna Short and explore the history of the famous Nordic Ware Bundt cake pan.

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Friday, May 1 / 6pm-8:30pm 
Pot Likker: Food, Memory, and the Art of Nourishment
This intimate, hands-on gathering brings together food, storytelling, and art to explore how everyday cooking carries memory, culture, and care. Hosted in collaboration with Chef Lachelle Cunningham, who is featured in the Women With Taste exhibit, the evening centers on pot likker, a deeply nourishing broth rooted in Black food traditions and shaped by generations of ingenuity.

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Saturday, May 2 / 10am-1pm
Pearl’s Garden Family Day
Celebrate the recent release of the MNHS Press children's book Pearl's Garden and the first day of the spring outdoor Mill City Farmers Market with author and artist Carolyn Olson.