Jamie W.
12/10/2020
It's a very small Museum, but packed with a lot of history. We visited on a weekend during the Christmas walk in Metamora (it is free to visit the museum during the Christmas walk)! Bonus for us...
Whitewater Canal State Historic Site
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19073 S Main St
Metamora, IN 47030
Begin your trip to the Whitewater Canal State Historic Site by discovering Indiana's history with transportation at the Metamora Grist Mill. Discover the mill's history from its beginnings to today, and see for yourself how the mill grinds corn into flour, meal and grits - just as it has since the 1800s! Then mill grains yourself with a hand-powered grinder or learn how millers secured sacks of flour with a miller's knot. Children can explore our brand-new transportation discovery space. Learn how Hoosiers used to move from here to there on our wooden canal and train table, plus pack a model canal boat full of crates and merchandise before its journey down the canal to Cincinnati. This location is part of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, a statewide museum system with 12 locations.
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Richard P.
8/30/2021
Whitewater Canal State Historic Site is one of the key attractions in the rather tiny town of Metamora, Indiana. Metamora is in Franklin County, a rural county that still feels mighty rural and...
Kristin U.
10/15/2019
The canal is a fun little slice of history! I remember visiting Metamora as a kid -- on a school field trip and again with my family -- and I've been a few times as an adult. For $7 an adult can...
Richard B.
8/3/2016
An interesting way to spend the day. Metamora is a 1840's Canal Town. The entire town is a living experience of Indiana in the 1840's, shops, residences as well as a museum and other buildings....
Peter G.
10/16/2013
Though somewhat off the beaten path, this site was well worth the visit. First, the aqueduct over Duck Creek is a Natl. Civil Eng. Lndmrk. What one sees today is a 20th c. reconstruction of the...
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