Clinton Sawmill Heritage Experience

The Sawmill Museum

Admission prices: Adults $4 Children $3

Located at 2231 Grant Street Clinton, Iowa. Open seven days a week.

The Sawmill Museum in Clinton, Iowa, is a significant cultural, historic, and environmental learning center. With a dedicated kid area, children go back into time and live and play as lumberjacks in an “1888″ lumber camp.

“Lumberjacks” hitting the hay

While the children are at play, visitors of all ages can tour the permanent exhibits that connect the rich lumber history of Clinton with the American lumber saga. Check our calendar for regular special events and the latest traveling exhibits.

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!

This project is truly the definition of an era that will take the lessons of history and relate them to current issues of “greening” that continue to be of grave concern to environmentalists.

President, Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce
Julie Allesee

David Joyce in 1869 erected a saw mill on Ringwood Slough which later became known as Joyce Slough and to this day is known by that name. The Joyce mill was the last of the great Clinton mills to close in the early 1900s.