McPherson County Old Mill Museum

My husband and I came here on our own during his first visit to KS, then we brought his parents when they came on a KS trip a couple years later.
The first part of the museum is a bit strange, so I move through that pretty fast. If you interested in taxidermy and various species of dead animals, you might not mind it so much.
Then you get a look a life in the old days. Nothing high tech, but it’s somewhat interesting.
The best part to me, my husband and his parents is touring the Mill — from top to bottom, inside and out. We’d love to see it humming and buzzing the one time a year or so that they actually run the mill. The whole system of making flour is amazing.
Across the street you can look at an old schoolhouse, train depot (and train engines) and other old building. One is like an old barn scene full of old equipment. Hopefully when you round of the corners in the barn area you won’t be startled by the big stuffed horse!
This would be the place do be during Mid-​Summer Festival and to dance around the pole. Definitely worth a stop while traveling through Lindsborg.

Where do I start? This configuration of buildings swings wildly between elegant, picturesque antiques and bizarre «museum pieces» that seem out of place in any setting. That said — I loved it!
The first thing you see when you walk in (through the gift shop) is a room lined with wierd taxidermy cases of native animals — I can see how a lot of people would find this CREEPY, but it’s so straight-out-of-the-1970’s «life science museum» I had to love it.
Then you tour the 3 floors of the mill, which they’ve restored and diagramed nicely. The wood beams inside are SURPRISINGLY complex and cool to look at.
Then, across the street, there are buildings set up in a U-​shape, immitating the formation of an «old west» town with various artifacts of life in Lindsborg through the ages, a bank, a one-​room schoolhouse, a dry goods store — all cool to walk through.
At the center (bottom of the «U») is the Swedish Pavillion — a GORGEOUS old ball room that has weird artifacts in cases around the perimiter of the building. It KILLS ME to see a room that was made for parties NOT BEING USED FOR PARTIES. I know, I know, historic building, yada yada yada, and maybe they do use it for cultural events, but I’m talking about parties. Ah well.