Water Wheels and Grist Mill
Experience the Metamora Grist Mill to discover the mill’s history from its beginnings to today and see for yourself how the mill grinds corn into flour, meal and grits – just as it has since the 1800s! Plus, explore our transportation discovery space and learn how Hoosiers used to move from here to there on our wooden canal and train table, chart your course throughout Indiana with an interactive map or pack a model canal boat full of crates and merchandise before its journey to Cincinnati.
Early Transportation
1800's engineering
simple machines
10973 Main St, Metamora, IN 47030, USA
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School Group Tours
K-12
Admission is FREE for pre-registered, accredited schools or homeschool groups of 10 or more K-12 students. Free admission includes teachers and bus drivers, plus one additional adult chaperone per every five students. Additional chaperones pay the group admission rate of $4/person. Members of the Indiana Association of Homeschool Educators receive free daily admission with proof of membership.
Contact site for non-Indiana student rate.
Pre-registration required at least two weeks in advance.
A ropemaking demonstration is available for an additional $2/student, no additional fee for teachers or chaperones. Students will get to learn about ropemaking and watch as staff operate a genuine historical ropemaking machine. The ropemaking demonstration must be booked during field trip registration.
Indiana Academic Standards: Social Studies: K.1.2, K.3.1, K.4.1, K.4.2, 1.1.1. 1.1.6, 1.3.4, 1.3.9, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.3.3, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.7, 2.4.8, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.6, 3.1.8, 3.3.13, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 4.1.6, 4.1.9, 4.3.8, 4.3.9, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 5.3.7, 5.3.13, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 6.1.14, 6.1.15, 6.1.19, 6.3.13, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.4, 6.4.7, 8.1.30, 8.3.7, 8.4.3, 8.4.5, 8.4.6, 8.4.10, E.1.1, E.8.1, IS.4.1, IS.1.8, IS.1.9, IS.3.4, IS.3.5, IS.4.1, IS.4.3, IS.4.4, IS.5.11; Science: K.PS.1, K.PS.2, K-2.E.1, 3.PS.2, 4.PS.3, 4.PS.1, Env.1.2, Env.2.2, Env.1.7
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