VISITOR & TOUR INFORMATION
Current Hours
Our museum and grounds are currently closed for regular visits while we clean up following our Haunted Red Mill Event and get ready for our Festival of Trees. Our gift shop is open on weekends, 11-5.
The Festival of Trees opens with Winter Village on November 27. For more information click the button below.
Parking
Please note, there is limited parking in front of the museum exclusively for visitors. Click
HERE for additional parking options nearby.
Admission
General Admission: $12
Seniors: $10
Children 6- 12: $10
Members, Veterans, and Children Under 6 receive free admission.
Active Military, plus their family, receive free admission.
School Programs & Tours
The historic Red Mill Museum Village is the perfect place for a field trip. Our exhibits and programs are designed to help your students gain a deeper understanding of the industrial, agricultural and social history of the region and align with New Jersey's Core Curriculum Content Standards.
We are happy to work with you to tailor your visit to meet the specific needs and interests of your students. All tours can be modified for your Scout, Senior, Youth or Community Group needs. Please email educator@theredmill.org for more information or to schedule a tour.
Community & Industry
Grades 1 & up
This STEAM-focused tour offers students a glimpse into how essential tasks were carried out at home and work from the 1800s to the early 1900s. The roles of technology, engineering and innovation during this period are emphasized.
In the iconic Red Mill, students will explore how simple machines were integral to daily operations. A visit to the Mulligan Quarry provides insight into how technological advancements improved working conditions, with a focus on the use of the rock crusher and screen house to harvest valuable limestone. In the forge, one of our blacksmiths will demonstrate how essential tools were crafted and maintained.
A stop at the one-room Bunker Hill Schoolhouse underscores the importance placed on education during a time when local families pooled resources to build schools and hire teachers for their children.
Throughout the Community & Industry Tour the roles of children in each location are highlighted, with the experience tailored to be age-appropriate for students, ensuring an engaging and educational visit.
- Length of tour: 3.5 hours including 30 minutes for bagged lunch (picnic tables provided)
- Cost: $375 for groups of 30 or fewer students, each additional student: $12
Colonial Life, Hands-On Experience
Grades 1 & up
This tour provides a rich educational experience by immersing students in daily life for children during the 1700s in rural New Jersey. Through hands-on workshops and tours of historic structures, it provides a well-rounded understanding of the daily challenges and local industries of that era.
The hands-on workshops rotate around our reproduction 1700s log cabin where students will learn the challenges of family life in a single room cabin as well as the significance of the herb garden and springhouse.
Students will be instructed in candle making, wool processing and woodworking basics. Each will bring home items that they make themselves including a hand-dipped candle and a Roving Sheep toy.
The workshops are rounded out with a visit to the iconic Red Mill, the blacksmith’s forge and the one-room Bunker Hill Schoolhouse. These visits highlight the importance of local industries in grinding local crops, making and repairing necessary tools as well as the role they played in creating vital community spaces.
The Colonial Life, Hands-On Experience Tour gives students an understanding and appreciation for the self-sufficiency of families in the colonial period.
Length of tour: 3.5 hours including 30 minutes for bagged lunch (picnic tables provided)
Cost: $405 for groups of 30 or fewer students. Each additional student: $13 each up to a maximum of 100
Industrial Life, Hands-On Experience
Grades 1 and up
This tour provides a rich educational experience by immersing students in the changing world of industry and daily life in rural New Jersey between 1810 and 1910. Through hands-on workshops and tours of historic structures, students explore how waterpower, machinery and new technologies transformed local industries, the way people worked and the goods they produced.
The hands-on workshops introduce students to the tools, materials and processes that supported local industries. Students will learn about wool processing and the Red Mill's beginnings as a woolen mill, explore how simple machines made both large and small tasks easier and more efficient and experience early American education in our 1901 one-room Bunker Hill Schoolhouse.
Students will participate in three hands-on activities and bring home items they make themselves, including a Roving Sheep toy and a handmade hornbook.
The workshops are rounded out with visits to the iconic Red Mill, the Mulligan Quarry and its stone-crushing equipment, the limekilns and the blacksmith's forge. With the Mulligan Quarry as a focal point, students will discover how simple machines and mechanization allowed fewer workers to accomplish more, increasing both the quantity and consistency of materials produced. These visits highlight the transition from individual craftsmanship to increasingly mechanized industrial processes.
The Industrial Life, Hands-On Experience Tour gives students an understanding and appreciation of how the Industrial Revolution transformed local communities, industries and everyday life while highlighting the ingenuity and labor of the people who made these changes possible.
Length of tour: 3.5 hours including 30 minutes for bagged lunch (picnic tables provided)
Cost: $405 for groups of 30 or fewer students; $13 per additional student, up to a maximum of 100
