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The Mill opens for its 2008 Season on Saturday, April 12th.           

  Hours
  April - August
  Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM
  Sundays 1 - 4 PM
   
  September - November
  Saturdays and Sundays, 1 - 4 PM
   
  Admission
  $4 Adults
  $3 Seniors (60+)
  $2 Children
   

Flour Milling Demonstrations

Milling demonstrations are offered on a monthly basis.  Demonstration Days offer family-friendly hands-on activities. Kids of all ages can assist the miller with sifting flour or pump water over a miniature water wheel. Discover the mill's many parts with a scavenger hunt. Other activities, demonstrations and kids activities are offered on Demonstration Days.  Stay tuned for more details.

   

Milling Demonstrations  (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
This year’s flour milling demonstrations also feature other activities as highlighted below.  The Mill runs continuously throughout the day during demonstrations.

April 12 Opening Day and Milling Demonstration
  Blacksmith Demonstration by Don Plummer
May 17  Milling Demonstration
  Anselma Goes Organic
  Farmer’s Market Preview
  Wheat weaving demonstration by Linda Beiler
  Bread baking by Marilyn Crossan
June 14 Milling demonstration
  Tinsmithing Demonstration by Win Harrison
June 21  Swing Into Summer at the Mill at Anselma  6 – 9 pm
  See more equipment operating in the Mill than ever before! Music by the West Chester Swing Kings and delicious Barbeque. ( $30 Members, $35 Non-members)
July 12 Milling demonstration
  18th Century Ice Cream Making by Susan Plaisted with discount coupons to the Chester Springs Creamery
August 9 Milling demonstration
  18th Century Cheese Making by Clarissa Dillon
September 13  Oliver Evans Day – Celebrating the accomplishments of this American inventor on the day of his birth
  Milling demonstration featuring a special run of the Mill’s elevators
  Book signing party for new Children’s Book about the Mill at Anselma written by Carolyn Eaglehouse and illustrated by Dru Kring
September 20 The Mill’s Annual Fall Auction at the home of Maurice and Dru Kring
October 11   Milling demonstration
  Hands-on Applesauce Making with Cooking For Real
  Hot Cider from Vollmecke Orchards
November 8    Milling demonstration
  18th century baking demonstration by Past Masters
  21st century bread baking by Marilyn Crossan
December 6 Holiday Grind
   
  Milling Demonstration Admission
  $5 Adults
  $4 Seniors (60+)
  $3 Children
   
   
   
   
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 
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     1730 Conestoga Road - P.O. Box 42 -Chester Springs, PA 19425
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