Mill City Museum offers workers' history tours

MINNEAPOLIS — Mill City Museum will offer two coming dates for a “Workers’ History Tour.” The tour dates include: Saturday, March 30 and Sunday, April 21.

The 90-minute tours will run from 10:00-11:30 a.m. inside the Mill City Museum, which is located in the historic Washburn A Mill at 704 South 2nd St. in Minneapolis.

The tours will explore the story of work and labor in Minneapolis from the 19th century to the present. A Mill City Museum guide will tell of the actions taken by workers and activists to improve the lives of working people. Stories highlighted will include the 1903 and 1917 flour milling strike. the Teamsters strikes of 1934, the anti-union Citizens Alliance, and the career of Black union activist Nellie Stone Johnson.

The tour cost is $16 for all ages.

For more information, or to reserve tickets, visit https://www.mnhs.org/events/1381