The Sawmill Museum

Location:      2231 Grant Street Clinton, Iowa
Hours:           Tues-Sat: 10am-6pm
                        Sunday 1pm-5pm
                        Monday: 1pm-6pm
​Admission:   Adults (13 & Above): $6.00
                        Children (4-12): $5.00
                        Children 0-3: Free

 Calendar of Events

Sawing Day, September 21 10:30

Early Childhood Playgroup: A free program on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, 10am-11am, September to May
Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency early childhood specialists are on hand to lead play. The playgroup is designed to facilitate play and social skills for toddlers and to help parents learn and implement skills. No registration needed.

Saturday Programs, October-May, 10:30-11:30
Every month will be a different theme with four to six activities. Each week will offer all activities for that month. We have found people really want to do an activity but can't make it that exact Saturday or they just want an activity to do every week. So why not offer all we plan for all month long, every week! Each activity is planned to last 20 to 30 minutes for the crafty child/parent combo. 

Historical Routes are Our Roots

•  The Sawmill Museum has the  National Park Passport Cancellation Stamp through Silos & Smokestacks
• The museum is also a Great River Road interpretative Center and has a passport book for all Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Partner Sites
• The museum sits on the Historic Lincoln Highway 
• The museum sits next to the Mississippi River with a levee above that offers stunning views and sits next to railroad tracks that used to be Chicago & North Western railroad. 

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Help us tell the Public

​Clinton's Lumber Story

• The Sawmill Museum is searching for docents who are available weekends and/or weekdays to run the registers and provide tours. 
• Do you have artifacts or stories to share? 
• An idea for an exhibit or a program

Contact the museum at director@thesawmillmuseum.org to become a volunteer, donate an artifact, or share an idea. 

​A Glimpse at the Museum   

• Overview of Exhibits
  • Journey from Forests of Wisconsin to Clintons' Sawmills Water Table 
  • Blueprints of Clinton's Lumber Legacy
  • New & Expanded Narrative Exhibit Panels 
  • Struve Mill equipment
  • Vintage single blade sawmill
  • Animatronic Lumber Barons That Tell Their Own Story
  • Floating Log Raft Simulator
  • Trackless Train

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