Come and visit our redeveloped museum
We're open!
Opening times for the
Museum, Knitters' Chapel, Shop & Tea Room
Opening Times & Prices
We are excited to show you our new-look museum with more to see and do. We will be running events and activities throughout the coming months to celebrate. Please follow us on social media for further updates.

Opening Times: events, schools & groups
Please see our Events page for opening times during museum events. We welcome school visits and group bookings during the museum’s closed period. Group tours are also available in the evenings. For more information, please visit our Education section and Group Visits page.
Office opening times:
Wednesday to Friday: 10:30am to 4:30pm, all year round
Admission prices - Framework Knitters Museum:
Adults: | £8 |
Students (Must be in full time education): | £5 |
16 and under: | Free |
Gift Aid it.
If you’re a UK Tax Payer, you can really help us! Give the same amount instead of paying and you can return for free for one year.
We don’t charge admission for helpers accompanying disabled visitors or teachers preparing for school visits. Please click here for information on group visits
Admission to Parkers' Yard - Chapel Art Gallery, Shop & Tea Room is Free
Gift Aid
If you choose to Gift Aid your admission, the museum can claim 25p for every pound.
In return for your Gift Aid donation, you can return to the museum as many times as you like, free of charge, for the next 12 months.
Opening Times
Wednesday to Saturday: 11am – 4.30pm*
1st April to 30th September
Wednesday to Saturday: 11am – 4.30pm*
Sunday: 1.30pm – 4.30pm*
1st October to 21st December
Wednesday to Saturday: 11am – 4.30pm*
22 December to 31 January
Closed for essential maintenance and conservation works
We are also open all Bank Holiday from 11am to 4pm!*
* Last entry to museum is at 4pm
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
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! Lovely to see such a local and ordinary history preserved
Excellent Museum!