Talk:Washburn A Mill

Article Split?

I'd like to see Mill City Museum split out as a separate article (it's currently a redirect), and filled out with more information about the museum itself. Thoughts? --Rehcsif 18:14, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I would suggest starting a museum section within the article first, and then if both the historical building sections and the museum sections are large enough, it would make sense to split them. Alternatively, if the museum section is much larger than the mill section, perhaps the mill section could be an historical section within the revised article.--Appraiser 18:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

That's fine, and there's already a very small section about the museum in the article. I just thought that it might get more attention if it had it's own articles. And as it stands, if someone enters "Mill City Museum" looking for info on that, they get the Washburn article, which isn't exactly what they were looking for... But whatever make the most sense! --Rehcsif 18:32, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Another possibility is to rename this "Mill City Museum" if the article becomes mostly about the museum.--Appraiser 18:53, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Article Rename

I agree with Appraiser and think much of the article can stay the same, but the name should be changed. The Mill City Museum has been open since 2003 and will be open for the foreseeable future. Below is my suggestion for the new page. The original history, references and external links section would remain the same. The Mill City Museum section would obviously be removed but some of the text would be recycled. Bolded text is used in place of section headings to limit confusion in the discussion thread.

Mill City Museum

Mill City Museum is a historical museum located in Minneapolis, MN. The museum is focused on the flour milling and food production history of Minneapolis. Mill City Museum opened in 2003, built in the ruins of the Washburn A Mill located adjacent to the Mill Ruins Park on the banks of the Mississippi River. The museum is operated by the Minnesota Historical Society.

The Washburn A Mill and Mill Ruins Park are part of the St. Anthony Falls Historic District and within the National Park Service's Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.

Exhibits

The museum features exhibits of the history of milling, examples of the machinery that was used to grind wheat into flour, and a tour that shows the jobs that were performed on each of the eight floors of the mill. In the centerpiece display of the museum, visitors are seated in a large elevator in the Flour Tower, where they are taken, floor by floor, to an animatronic recreation of the machinery that used to be in the mill. At the end of the tour, visitors are taken to an outdoor observation area at the top of the mill structure, where they can overlook the old complex as well as view the riverfront area.

At the top of the adjoining grain elevator, the "Gold Medal Flour" sign still shines at night. Across the river, the former competitor Pillsbury A Mill is topped with a sign reading "Pillsbury's Best Flour." Wkaardal (talk) 21:05, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

I don't think the article needs renaming. The draft article on the museum woudl be dominated by the Washburn A Mill. The museum article should describe the museum and its buildings, with a link to the Washburn A Mill article using a {{Main}} template. Mjroots (talk) 08:21, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

I think having one strong article is better than two short ones. Until there is enough material for two good articles, I think we should keep expanding this one, but move it to Mill City Museum, with Washburn A Mill redirecting here. I also think Wkaardal's draft will be very helpful in expanding this. Jonathunder (talk) 22:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I have the merged Washburn A Mill with Wkaardal's draft on the Mill City Museum if the changes are acceptable to Wkaardal I would like to propose moving the article out of draft state into it's own page Mill City Museum and directing the Washburn A Mill to there. Myotus (talk) 14:44, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

They are acceptable, though I believe more space should be dedicated to exhibits in the museum and Mill City Live Wkaardal (talk) 05:22, 6 June 2010 (UTC)