Mill of the month #2

Windham Textile & History Museum

Museum presents:

MILL of the Month Program

Are you intrigued and interested in the rich and prodigious industrial history of Eastern Connecticut? Here is your opportunity to get your monthly dose of mill sites and villages.

March 23, at 10 am, it will feature the the Holland Silk Mills,
We will meet at the Museum. Cost: $8. per person.
(program and walk)

Future tours include study of small buildings and magnificent structures, water and steam powered factories, textiles and other products, mill reuse and preservation issues and much more. And of course there will be fascinating stories of both famous and ordinary people who lived and worked through the decades of our great industrial past.

Field trips are held on the last Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. OR 4 p.m. Please pay attention to time changes. Registration suggested by calling 860-456-2178. Each program lasts approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. A passport will be issued to participants for $5 Each fieldtrip is $8. Attend 8 trips (get 8 stamps in your passport) and your admission to Lowell National Historic Park is free. ( does not include transportation. Programs held rain or shine. Please dress accordingly.

For more information contact Bev York, museum education, at 860-456-2178

Or visit the Mill Museum Website: http://www.millmuseum.org/

Future Programs

Sat. May 25 - 4 p.m. Stafford Springs with Jamie Furness

Sat. June 22 - 4 p.m. Hall Mill, South Willington

Sat. July 27 - 4 p.m. Merrow and Eagleville, Mansfield

Sat. Aug. 24 - 4 p.m. Gurleyville Gristmill,

Joshua’s Trust, Mansfield

Sat. Sept. 28 - 10 a.m. Taftville, Norwich,

Historian Dale Plummer

Sat. Oct. 26  - 10 a.m. Smith & Winchester, South Windham

Sat. Nov. 23 - 10 a.m. Kirby Mill, Mansfield Hollow

interior tour with Sam Shrifrin

Sat. Dec. 28 - 10 a.m. leave Willimantic at 9.a.m. Boott Mill

Lowell National Historic Park, Mass.