





The Textile Museum in Newtown - just over the bridge into Commercial Street, (see the map) gives visitors a chance to see how the handloom weavers of the mid-19th century lived and worked.
The block which houses the Museum was built in the 1830s as a hand-loom weaving factory, the looms occupying the top two floors above three pairs of two storey back-to-back houses on the lower floors.
Newtown's development into a centre of industry is described through exhibits in the former cottages. On the top two floors the story of fleece to flannel is illustrated by looms and spinning wheels, alongside displays of related industries and influential local people such as Pryce Jones.
We also have exhibits of modern wool craft and demonstrations by experts in spinning, weaving and quilt making.
We hope you will find the Museum an interesting and enjoyable place to visit when we re-open next May.
The Museum will now be shut until the beginning of May 2021. All being well, we will hope to return to our normal opening hours and be back with new exhibitions, and regular demonstrations of weaving and spinning next summer. Over the winter, we will be adding to our Come Inside page, and Jigsaw page as well.
Let us hope that 2021 will be a better year for everybody, including Museums!
Sign up now. We can arrange for you to visit the Museum so we can tell you about the ways you can share in telling our story. Contact us through either of these addresses:
volunteer.coordinator@newtowntextilemuseum.co.uk or for more general information admin@newtowntextilemuseum.co.uk
Opening hours for 2021 will be posted as soon as we know them!
Keep an eye on the Facebook. Twitter and Instagram pages, and here on the web for updates.
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