Mill City Museum Virtual Tour

Can’t visit us in person? ​​Connect with the Mill City Museum from the comfort of your own home! 

Mill City Museum was built within the ruins of the Washburn A Mill, the flagship mill of the Washburn-Crosby Co. (later General Mills). It was the largest and most technologically advanced flour mill in the world when it was completed in 1880.

Millers at the Washburn mills in the 1870s perfected a new process for milling, a revolution that made fine wheat flour available to the masses for the first time. Soon thereafter Minneapolis became the flour milling capital of the world, a title it held from 1880 to 1930.

The Washburn A Mill Complex is a National Historic Landmark. The Minnesota Historical Society opened Mill City Museum in 2003.

Virtual tour tips

  • To look around, click and hold on the mouse or touchpad. Then move the mouse or a finger on the touchpad to the left, right, up or down to shift the view.
  • To move on to another area, find a circled arrow and place the navigation hand on it. Words will appear describing where it leads. Click on the symbol to proceed.
  • Visitors can also move on to another area by clicking on the thumbnail photos located below the main tour view.
  • Fun facts and notable features are highlighted by an “i” enclosed in a circle.
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