red mill museum village

Visit the Red Mil and entertain the entire family. Across the river and waterfall is the Hunterdon Art Museum. Visit both the same day. The grounds of the Red Mill include a one room schoolhouse, an old fashioned store, a blacksmith shop and a log cabin. Visit the main building and find tools of old and special exhibits. Throughout the year there are many events including concerts, a Revolutionary War reenactment, an English Classic Car Show, and a Halloween Haunted Village. While in this quaint small town enjoy the many unique shops and fine restaurants. You won't be disappointed. Check ahead of time for days and hours of operation.

The Red Mill Museum Village has interpretive exhibits, a functioning mill wheel, great interactive tours and one of the few operating blacksmith shops in New Jersey. It's also a venue for a variety of special events that fill weekends throughout the spring, summer and fall. Well worth a visit from everyone, particularly in conjunction with a day including a visit to the Hunterdon Art Museum and exploring the quaint town of Clinton. One can even fish for trout in the river!

Visiting the Red Mill Museum Village was like spending the day in a small New England town. It's a charming town you can just stroll through visiting the little shops and stopping for something to eat in one of the many dining options. There are wonderful photo opportunities, the Red Mill, the Victorian homes, the Christmas décor on homes, the street and stores. The Red Mill Museum Village relates the story of the mill, the quarry, the town and Hunterdon County in four floors and 40,000 permanent and rotating exhibits. The mill is a time capsule of Hunterdon Counties industrial strength and evolution told through the transiting usage from wool manufacturing, grist, flour, basket manufacturing, graphite and talc production. I enjoyed the maps of Hunterdon County drawn up during the Civil War. They have special events like wine and beer tasting, Haunted Village, American Revolutionary War Days and the Festival of Trees. I've visited the town many times and I'm a will be back.

I live in Clinton and although I see the Clinton Red Mill nearly every day it has been a long time since I actually went inside the museum. This Thanksgiving weekend with grandchildren in tow we went into town for Dickens Days. It was a lovely afternoon spent in the quaint town of Clinton, chatting to a Victorian Santa, Charles Dickens and Scrooge, enjoying music and of course the obligatory hot chocolate on a cold Winters Day! We decided to go into the actual Museum and what a joy.....not only old tools and scenes of Clinton gone bye but a whole floor dedicated to Christmas Trees of all types......well worth the visit! Sometimes we forget what our own "Small Town America" has to offer....come to Clinton!!

This is a picturesque historic site. The museum is self directed for a nominal fee of $8.00. Originally bought to process wool. It was the site of a saw mill, linseed oil mill, gristmill, and waterwheel. Take your time to visit this museum and village from the early 1800's. Cross the bridge in front and view fisherman casting, wading, and catching fish. It is a scene which I have seen depicted in many New Jersey calendars. The town itself has a lovely Main Street where you could grab a bite to eat, either lunch,dinner, coffee, or an ice cream. There are also shops to browse! An extra bonus is that it's only about an hour from NYC! Bring your camera. You won't be disappointed!

The Red Mill is probably one of the most photographed and painted sites in the state of NJ. It is situated on the Raritan River on the edge of the town of Clinton. A mill race and water wheel are still seen near the waterfall which powered the mill as part of the picturesque scene from the iron bridge over the river. A tour of the mill, it's gardens and shops is interesting and informative as to the history of the mill. It's well the visit to the Clinton area.

The Red Mill Museum is a wonderful and well maintained place to visit, has many cool, historical exhibits, and very nice helpful people working there. It should not be confused with the "Art" Museum, which is run by a privately owned corporation, which sells memberships, classes, and rents out parties and banquets there, but does not supply parking anymore, nor do they pay any taxes to the town. It is not a business or people friendly Clinton landmark in my opinion. Make this the "Museum" to see when you are in Clinton.

Most everyone I ever talk with or meet, who isn't from New Jersey, ends up talking about their image of New Jersey being the Refineries around the Jersey Turnpike and Newark Airport or the inevitable statement of "What Exit," referring to the Turnpike. Northern Hunterdon County, New Jersey is one of the fantastic places that people pay lots of money to see in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The setting of the Red Mill Museum, next to the dam, with the Hunterdon Art Museum on the opposing shore are a picture of serenity and History. The Main Street rivals any of those famous places of New England. You add in the Hills, Creeks, Roads and wander along them in the fall and you won't believe you are in New Jersey. The colors and contrasts are magnificent. While you are in Clinton, enjoy the best Prime Rib going at the Historic Clinton House, next to the Red Mill Museum Complex. Don't miss the Ken Lockwood Gorge or the trip out along the South Branch of the Raritan to get there. The Rockaway River from Mountainville to Oldwick, Oldwick itself, Hell Mountain and Califon make for a fantastic drive and less than an hour from the hubbub of Newark Airport and New York. Trust me, the fall is spectacular. Yes I am prejudiced, I grew up there, been a lot of places, but very view rival the rural beauty of the area. And none rival the the Prime Rib with Horseradish at Clinton House.

I have visited and supported the Red Mill often. The inside of the main building has fascinating exhibits. This area had provided peaches to NYC until a blight destroyed the biz. One time I was working the Haunted Mill in October and experienced a ghostly event in one of the outbuildings. Come to the Haunted Mill in October.

historically was great, the two little old lady's who work there are wonderful. and for it being July going up all four stories was not bad very well kept.

Good place for photographs.Good view you would like to hang out at the patio all evening. Staff very courteous and accommodating

When I was a child my mother would bring me to the Red Mill. The Mill is one of my favorite childhood memories. On a recent vist to New Jersey, we took in the Mill again. It is still a wonderful place to vist and a great look into history.

A wonderful museum where you can spend an hour or so and view some first-rate art that is stuff not ordinarily exhibited.

The centerpiece of this charming village (once known as Hunt's Mill) on the banks of the Raritan, the Red Mill Museum affords an unusual opportunity to explore the original inner workings of an 18th century grist mill, along with other significant memorabilia from the era.On the other side of the rushing waterfall & picturesque cast iron bridge is another former mill, now an art museum & just around the corner is the historic Clinton House, a former stop along the stage coach route to PA & now a worthwhile bar & restaurant.Main Street - in bygone days a Friday night destination for local farmers - now is lined with attractive boutiques & cafes & handsome restored Victorian homes that line nearby streets enhance an afternoon's stroll.

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