Mississippi Valley Textile Museum — Attraction in Mississippi Mills

Michael is more than just a caring curator of a local museum. He is an engaged community member of Almonte and the wider Canadian community. The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum generously supported the local event, Reconciliation Through Art, at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Sept. 30, 2024 - an event that answered many of the 94 Calls to Truth and Reconciliation. This events connected the predominantly non-Indigenous community with Indigenous Visual and Textile Art, Music, Performance and Teachings. Many thanks to Michael and the whole Mississippi Valley Textile Museum Team. You went above and beyond and showed the real spirit of...

Date of Visit: May 11, 2024 A fun, and interesting museum dedicated to the history & heritage of the Mississippi Mills area. While on a little day trip to Almonte - we decided to check out the MVTM. The Museum entrance is by a donation of your choosing. 
The museum showcases artefacts, history, and culture of the town and the industry that made them famous - textile mills. There is a special exhibit going on right now - where you can interact with the knitting & fabrics.

This is a nice little museum worth visiting to learn a little more about the town, and the industry. There is plenty of parking in the back of...

The museum obviously has inadequate support from the town itself: the main site was bought by a condo that has been allowed to close off access to most of the river and falls that powered everything, and maintenance of the one historic building that the Textile Museum has seems to be soaking up all the funding they can get. They are doing the best they can with what they have: some wonderful old machinery, and honest posters that clearly present the stranglehold that the mill had on the town economy and the prevalence of child labour during...