Mill City Museum

• Weekday menu with lunch fare including * burgers * sandwiches * salads * soup and * kids’ menu items, with an emphasis on fresh, seasonal produce.
• Weekend brunch menu that includes * burgers * sandwiches * egg dishes * pancakes * breakfast sides * Bloody Mary’s and * seasonal mimosas.
• Wine and beer options available daily.

Look for the Bushel & Peck food truck from 11 am to 2 pm in the neighborhood of Mill City Museum during the summer season.

Support Mill City Museum… by simply dining here:

https://www.mnhs.org/millcity/visit/dining

Be a DONOR: Show that you care…

Mill City Museum is part of the Minnesota Historical Society’s network of historic sites and museums. Be a part of the story. Get involved with Mill City Museum and MNHS.

Membership:

Become a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and get free admission to Mill City Museum and 25 other MNHS historic sites and museums! Membership levels include: * Individual * Individual Plus * Household * Household Plus. Supporting membership levels include: * Associate * Contributing and * Sustaining. The North Star Circle members contribute annually to MNHS general operations, and their leadership and generosity help make MNHS one of the largest and most respected organizations of our kind in the country.

Donation:

History informs, inspires, and defines us. It opens us to new ideas, offers us new perspectives, and brings us closer to the future we long to create.Fully tax-deductible donations of all sizes to the Minnesota Historical Society’s Annual Fund help MNHS provide ongoing support for programs that help students make connections between the past and the present. MNHS programs inspire young people to examine, engage and understand, better preparing them to be discerning, well-informed leaders.

• Donations at specified amounts are designated or you may customize your gifts. Recurring donations are encouraged
• Planned Giving: The tapestry of our past strengthens and enlightens us when we find personal meaning within it, and grows when we share our discoveries with others. Truly, our history lives on when we become part of the story. Making a gift to the Minnesota Historical Society through your estate ensures MNHS remains strong for future generations.
  • Will bequest: A bequest is one of the easiest gifts to make. With the help of an advisor, you can include language in your will or trust specifying a gift be made to family, friends or Minnesota Historical Society as part of your estate plan. Sample bequest language:
  • Donor advised funds:  A donor advised fund is an account administered by a foundation or financial advisor to which a donor makes charitable contributions. The donor or designated representative can then recommend grants from the fund to MNHS.
  • IRA charitable rollover: The IRA Charitable Rollover law allows individuals 70.5 years or older to give up to $100,000 directly from their IRA to one or more qualified organizations without paying federal income tax on the withdrawal.
  • Stocks and bonds: Donating appreciated securities, including stocks or bonds, is an easy and tax-effective way for you to make a gift to MNHS.
  • Real estate: The donation of appreciated real estate, such as a home, undeveloped land, farmland, or commercial property, is a great way to support MNHS projects and programs.
  • Retirement assets: Donating part or all of your unused retirement assets such as a gift from your IRA, 401(k), 403(b), pension or other tax-deferred plan helps support the mission of MNHS.
  • Insurance: If you have a life insurance policy that has outlasted its original purpose, consider gifting it to MNHS. For example, you may have purchased a policy to provide for minor children and they are now financially independent adults.
  • Legacy Society: The Minnesota Historical Society recognizes members who have provided for MNHS in their estate plans by inducting them into the Legacy Society. The Legacy Society inducts members annually each October.
• Endowment Giving: The Minnesota Historical Society’s endowment program provides donors with a wonderful opportunity to create a permanent legacy in their names or in honor of others. Since 1849, MNHS has been collecting, caring for, and interpreting our state’s cultural resources. We celebrate the commitment of generations of donors who understand that a strong endowment is the key to a secure and creative future. Endowment funds can be created to support general operations, endowed positions, or specific MNHS program areas.
• Corporations and Foundations: By contributing to the Minnesota Historical Society your organization will support a variety of programs and services that benefit communities statewide, including: * School programs that support state and national standards * Innovative exhibitions and public programs and * Free access to cultural resources at the History Center, through community programs, and online.
  • Sponsorship: Corporate sponsors of MNHS enjoy affiliation with award-winning special exhibits, educational and community programs, and a network of 26 historic sites and museums throughout Minnesota. MNHS sponsorships offer brand visibility through exclusive entertainment and promotional opportunities, select advertising, on-site presence, and communication to over 23,000 members. We welcome over 2.8 million unique visitors at mnhs.org and engage with 2.5 million friends annually across our social media platforms. MNHS will tailor sponsor recognition and benefit packages that best meet your company’s needs for community involvement, branding, lead generation, client entertainment, public relations, and employee benefits.
• Grant Opportunities: The Minnesota Historical Society shares access to meaningful places, programs, services, and opens the door to history with diverse ways to learn. Each year MNHS serves over one million people with an additional 2.5 million unique visitors accessing our online resources. Support from foundations and corporations help make this possible.
• Donations to MNHS Collections: The Minnesota Historical Society maintains many collections. New items are acquired in a number of ways, including selected donations from the public. We collect a wide variety of material including: * Art * Books * Historical objects * Manuscripts * Government records * Maps * Music * Oral history * Film * Photographs, and * Video.
• Volunteer: Volunteers are essential to the Minnesota Historical Society. t’s our goal to make volunteering as enjoyable for you as it is valuable for us. More than 2,000 volunteers contribute to the work of our mission. If you have enthusiasm, good customer service skills, enjoy history and exploring cultural organizational environments and are a lifelong learner, then volunteering at MNHS may be for you. At MNHS, we don’t just accept difference–we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on diversity for the benefit of our volunteers, interns, employees, our products and services, and our community. The Minnesota Historical Society believes that an inclusive culture among our team members is critical to our success as a historical society, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Minnesota Historical Society is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.