Clinton Sawmill Heritage Experience

The Sawmill Museum

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The Sawmill Museum in Clinton, Iowa, is a significant cultural, historic, and environmental learning center. An interactive museum experience highlighting the dynamic history and culture of Clinton, Iowa, and the surrounding region. Museum visitors are able to explore and better understand the importance of forests and wood products in our lives.

Telling a balanced story of the lumber and forestry industries’ past, The Sawmill Museum provides a setting for dialogue between government, industry, environmental groups, and private citizens about our shared future.

We are a non-profit organization and fundraising efforts are an integral part of our success. Generous donations moved the museum from concept to reality and built the foundation for an interactive educational experience for all visitors. Join us to continue the evolution of the museum! Support The Sawmill Museum!

The Sawmill Museum is a perfect example of partners working together for the common good. Not only will the museum provide wonderful educational, insightful exhibits and hands-on activities for visitors, it will also become a hub of other community events and attractions. I can envision this museum as a destination for travelers throughout the year, even in the midst of winter.

Clinton Convention & Visitors Bureau
Anne Schmidt Director

The quality of our whole environment – the air, soil and water – depends on trees. Trees help create rain as they expel moisture into the atmosphere: their roots draw it from the soil and their leaves return it to the air. Trees clean the air we breathe by taking in carbon dioxide through the leaves and then give off the oxygen we need to breathe. Tree roots help hold soil in place to prevent erosion which not only saves soil, but also keeps our waterways cleaner. Trees provide shade in the summer to help cool our homes, and in the winter, they block wind to help warm our homes.