Courtyard Family Days at Mill City Museum

Museum will host free family-friendly activities in the ruin courtyard on select dates this summer

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Dated: May 7, 2024

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (June 5, 2023) – Mill City Museum is excited to welcome families to the Charles H. Bell Ruin Courtyard for free activities during Courtyard Family Days, taking place on three occasions throughout the summer.

Courtyard Family Day: Stone Arch Bridge Festival
Saturday, June 17, 10 am–7 pm
Sunday, June 18, 10 am–5 pm

Try out historic flour milling
Make Father’s Day cards
Photo op with the UCare Bicycle
Add to the Stone Arch Bridge weave art
Open Eye Puppet Theater’s Driveway Tour of Tucker’s Robot at 1 pm on Sunday

Courtyard Family Days: Archaeology
Saturday, July 22, 10 am–2 pm

Meet archaeologists
Try an artifact challenge
Discover the tools archaeologists use to find sites

Courtyard Family Day: Mill Workers
Saturday, August 19, 10 am–2 pm

Try your hand at moving flour sacks
See workers’ equipment used in flour mills
Play Figure This Out, an artifact challenge game
Make a craft to take home

More information about Courtyard Family Days is available at mnhs.org/millcity.

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Courtyard Family Days at Mill City Museum