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Mission Mill Museum
Mission Mill Museum describes the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill’s history. Thomas Kay Woolen Mill was designated an American Treasure, and it used to produce wool products. It used to be one of the strongest industries of Oregon from 1889 to 1962.
It represents the Jason’s Methodist Mission’s history to Oregon’s strongest and earliest industry.
The missionaries contributed to Oregon in many ways. They provided formal education, established industries, advocated for government and bought agriculture.
This museum consists of Mission houses, a significant church, an Oregon Trail settler's house, and unique water-powered turbine and the structures, equipment.
The museum expresses the history by group tours, speakers, interpretation, children programs, special programs, and hands on activities etc.
This famous museum is a non-profit, free from tax Corporation well-known to educate and to express and protect the history of the Oregon's textile industry and the Willamette Valley.
The Oregon and California Railroad tracks reached to the western border of the Mission Mill Museum. This line offered great facilities for residents of Salem and provided a very good service of transportation. This service was a beginning of the transportation movement in the valley.
However, the trains are changed over the times, but the same old tracks still serves the people as it used to do before one hundred thirty years ago.
The museum organizes several events to preserve the history of Salem rail developments. These shows are open for everyone and the cost of tickets are nearly $10 for an adult.
- Address:
1313 Mill Street SE, Salem, OR 97301
- Telephone: (503) 585-7012
- Hours: Mon - Sat, 10 AM - 5 PM
- Website: www.missionmill.org
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