Top 10 Reasons To Visit | Framework Knitters Museum, Ruddington

Top 10 Reasons to Visit

1. Knit your own souvenir on a vintage Griswold circular knitting machine.

2. See the 200 year old knitting machines working in our preserved frame shop.

3. Discover how the framework knitters lived and worked in Victorian times.

4. Find out about the families who used to live in our cottages.

5. Try your hand a framework knitting, an endangered historic craft.

6. Browse our high quality, locally made cards, gifts and textiles in Parkers Yard shop.

7. Relax with a cuppa and a cake at Parkers Yard or in the community garden if the weather’s fine.

8. Visit an exhibition in the Chapel Art Gallery; the works are often for sale.

9. Learn about the Luddites and their mysterious and enigmatic leader, Ned Ludd.

10. Admire a genuine pair of Queen Victoria’s stockings in our textile collection.

Top 10 places to visit in Ruddington

My sister and I loved this museum. Especially the guided tours explaining how the machines work and the working and living conditions of the frame knitters at the time.
Even got the chance to take a look at Queen Victoria’s stockings in the former methodist church across the cottages. Excellent museum! Very entertaining and interesting! Lovely to see such a local and ordinary history preserved
Excellent Museum!

Second visit to this fascinating museum, a veritable storehouse of social history, staffed by knowledgeable, enthusiastic folk.
Some steps may prove difficult for the elderly or infirm but there’s plenty to appreciate at ground level.
Living History

My sister and I loved this museum. Especially the guided tours explaining how the machines work and the working and living conditions of the frame knitters at the time.
Even got the chance to take a look at Queen Victoria’s stockings in the former methodist church across the cottages. Excellent museum! Very entertaining and interesting
Terrific Museum