Interpretive Tours
A tour of the Red Mill Museum Village's authentic 19th century buildings and reproduction 18th century log cabin on ten acres of grounds can kindle a new understanding of the workings of communities as they were and are today.
Places to Live/Places to Work
Ages: Preschool to Grade 2
Length: 1 ½ hours
Fee: $5 per student
This tour begins with a discussion about places where people live and work. Students are asked to describe the characteristics that make a place a home or business site. A thinking game is played at each stop to enable students to learn about life and work while walking among the museum's many buildings and sites.
Community Life - Then and Now
Ages: Grades 3-6
Length: 2 hours
Fee: $5 per student
This museum tour focuses on family and community life during the late 1800s. At the Tenant House and the Log Cabin discussion centers on work done in the home, including the importance of chores done by children. The Schoolhouse and General Store, places of learning and commerce, are shown to be centers for community activities. The Blacksmith's Shop and Carriage Shed are used as focal points for discussion about transportation. Visits to the Red Mill and the Quarry buildings afford opportunities to talk about modes of communication, community status, educational values and gender roles. Children's roles in the community are expressed throughout the tour.
Rural Industrial Life
Ages: Grades 4-8
Length: 2 hours
Fee: $5 per student
This tour revolves around the processes of work, machines and natural energy. It starts with a detailed tour of the Mill and includes the harnessing of water power and human power. The tour also includes an explanation of the Mill's products: wool, feed grains, linseed oil, basket making, graphite and talc. It continues with a visit to the Mulligan Quarry. The relative comfort of the Quarry office can be contrasted with the reality of the dangerous work on the face of the cliff and the long shift work sweating by the heat for the lime kilns.
Places to Live/Places to Work
Ages: Preschool to Grade 2
Length: 1 ½ hours
Fee: $5 per student
This tour begins with a discussion about places where people live and work. Students are asked to describe the characteristics that make a place a home or business site. A thinking game is played at each stop to enable students to learn about life and work while walking among the museum's many buildings and sites.
Community Life - Then and Now
Ages: Grades 3-6
Length: 2 hours
Fee: $5 per student
This museum tour focuses on family and community life during the late 1800s. At the Tenant House and the Log Cabin discussion centers on work done in the home, including the importance of chores done by children. The Schoolhouse and General Store, places of learning and commerce, are shown to be centers for community activities. The Blacksmith's Shop and Carriage Shed are used as focal points for discussion about transportation. Visits to the Red Mill and the Quarry buildings afford opportunities to talk about modes of communication, community status, educational values and gender roles. Children's roles in the community are expressed throughout the tour.
Rural Industrial Life
Ages: Grades 4-8
Length: 2 hours
Fee: $5 per student
This tour revolves around the processes of work, machines and natural energy. It starts with a detailed tour of the Mill and includes the harnessing of water power and human power. The tour also includes an explanation of the Mill's products: wool, feed grains, linseed oil, basket making, graphite and talc. It continues with a visit to the Mulligan Quarry. The relative comfort of the Quarry office can be contrasted with the reality of the dangerous work on the face of the cliff and the long shift work sweating by the heat for the lime kilns.
Adult Group Tours
A guided tour of the Red Mill Museum Village provides a distinctive orientation to the Clinton area. Enjoy sights and sounds of authentic 19th and early 20th century workplaces nestled between the soaring quarry cliffs and the Spruce Run River. A stroll across the bridge affords a perfect view of the mill dam that powers the Red Mill's restored waterwheel. After your tour, enjoy an afternoon at the Art Museum, housed in an old stone mill, or explore Clinton's Main Street for lunch and shopping.
Call for Group Rate discounts.
Call for Group Rate discounts.
Beyond the Classroom
Youth Groups
Programs and workshops suited to scouts, 4-H Clubs, Indian Guides and other youth groups are offered after school, subject to staff availability. Activities can be used to fulfill requirements for badges, programs, etc.
Home-schooled Students
Home-schooled students and their instructors are invited to use the resources of the Red Mill Museum Village to enhance their studies. Guided interpretive tours can be arranged for groups of 15 students or more, Monday through Friday.
Fee: $5 per child, $7 per adult, $6 per senior
Programs and workshops suited to scouts, 4-H Clubs, Indian Guides and other youth groups are offered after school, subject to staff availability. Activities can be used to fulfill requirements for badges, programs, etc.
Home-schooled Students
Home-schooled students and their instructors are invited to use the resources of the Red Mill Museum Village to enhance their studies. Guided interpretive tours can be arranged for groups of 15 students or more, Monday through Friday.
Fee: $5 per child, $7 per adult, $6 per senior
