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

Saturday Programs:
March 16, Saturday, 10:30-Noon St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
Green & gold crafts to get you ready for a St. Patrick’s party
 
March 23, Saturday, 10:30-Noon   Spring Into Planting
Crafts that will feel like spring and help you start your green thumb 

March 30, Saturday, 10:30-Noon  Log Rafts & Boats 
Make your own boats and float them on the water table
 
April 6, Saturday, 10:30-Noon Wind Chime
 One of a kind wind chime for your front porch
 
April 13, Saturday, 10:30-Noon  Easter Crafts
Easter Crafts: Decorating Easter eggs and bunnies 

Toddler Thursdays, 10am-11am
1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month starting September 20. Funded through the United Way of Clinton

​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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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. 

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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