Support the Kidderminster Museum of Carpet

Aim

Help us raise funds for the Museum, urgently needed due to a slowing of visitor numbers following the pandemic and soaring energy bills.

The Museum is a centre of heritage, art and industry inspired by Kidderminster's carpet industry.  We use our collection and facilities to improve people's lives. 

We are an independent museum, with no regular local or central government funding. 

Many of our volunteers were unable to return after the pandemic due to being classed as vulnerable people, meaning staff were brought in to fill these spaces. Additionally, there is an expectation of another fall-off in visitor numbers through the winter as the cost of living increases and starts to impact.

The Museum has an extensive archive and there are plans to license the designs as a way of generating money longer-term, however it may take twelve to eighteen months before this project begins to generate income. 

We are the only museum in the UK dedicated to carpets and carpet manufacture, and the only museum and gallery space in Kidderminster, providing yearly art exhibitions and regular collection displays and mini-exhibitions.  Through a series of displays, interactives and working demonstrations, the Museum keeps alive the heritage of carpet making.  We keep safe a stunning collection of carpet designs and working machinery.  We deliver a vibrant programme of exhibitions, educational visits and workshops.  We also provide a modern, welcoming meeting space for the community.

Please help us to stay open.

If you cannot afford a pledge, you can still help by sharing this page, telling your friends or work colleagues, or visiting us at the Museum. 

Thank you.

From the team at the Museum of Carpet.

This project successfully funded on 17th November 2022