Museum of Carpet

Telling the story of the Kidderminster carpet industry

Following the boom years of the 1960’s, the carpet industry – for over a century the principal employer in Kidderminster – was beginning to decline. As the industry shrank, the Trust began to collect machinery, artefacts, archives and libraries from the numerous firms in the town.   Before long, the Trust had acquired a good collection of machinery, including many items that showed the important stages in the technical development of carpet making as well as a large archive of ledgers, board minutes, deeds, and accounts acquired from many of the companies around the town.

As of 2026, the museum is open, two days a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, from 10am to 2pm.

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