The Museum of Carpet is a textile museum in the town of Kidderminster in Worcestershire, England.
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| Established | 2012 |
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| Location | Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England |
| Type | Textiles museum |
| Public transit access | Kidderminster railway station |
| Website | https://museumofcarpet.org/ |
History
editA Carpet Museum Trust was founded in 1981, with the main aim being to open a public museum. The museum would be for the exhibition of items of local historical and educational interest which is connected to the manufacture of carpets or any other similar textiles. When the industry was shrinking, this enabled the Carpet Museum Trust to collect machinery, artefacts, archives and libraries from several firms in Kidderminster.[1]
On 20 October 2012, the Museum of Carpet was opened to the public after the museum was formally opened by the Carpet Museum Trust patron Lord Cobham.[2]
Between 11 July and 28 September 2019 the Woven Forms: Breaking the boundaries' exhibition, featuring the work of Jan Bowman which was previously shown at the Saatchi Gallery.[3]
References
edit- ^ "History of the museum". Museum of carpet. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Opening date announced for Museum of Carpet". Kidderminster Shuttle. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "New exhibition at Kidderminster Museum of Carpet". Kidderminster Shuttle. Retrieved 30 October 2019.