Warner Textile Archive

Warners Mill
Silks Way
Braintree
Essex
CM7 3GB
England

Website

The official website of the Warner Textile Archive

www.warnertextilearchive.co.uk

E-mail

info@warnertextilearchive.co.uk

Telephone

Reception/general enquiries

01376 557741

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Located in the heart of Braintree, Essex, the Warner Textile Archive is the country’s second largest collection of flat textiles, and narrates the rich history of a great British industry from its roots in the late eighteenth century to the flourishing success of Warner & Sons in the twentieth century.

The collection contains nearly 100,000 textile and wallpaper samples, paper designs, documents and other industry records representing two centuries of creativity and commerce.

Venue Type:

Archive, Gallery, Heritage site, Museum

 Opening hours

Public gallery and shop: Wednesdays 10am - 4pm

Research and group visits to the Archive store are by appointment only: 01376 557741

 Admission charges

Adults: £4
Concessions: £2
Children free (when accompanied by a paying adult)

Discounts

  • Museums Association
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Parking for coaches
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities

Additional info

Free parking including space for coaches and mini buses. Ramp to entrance, visitors' toilets.

Warners Mill
Silks Way
Braintree
Essex
CM7 3GB
England

Website

The official website of the Warner Textile Archive

www.warnertextilearchive.co.uk

E-mail

info@warnertextilearchive.co.uk

Telephone

Reception/general enquiries

01376 557741

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

British jacquard hand weaving from 1821- 1971, printed and woven fabric produced by Warner & Sons between 1870 - 1970, wallpaper archive, point papers spanning 1790 - 1971, paper designs for printed and woven fabric dating from 1851, printing blocks dating between 1860 - 1939, assorted ephemera and photographs, collection of European and non-European textiles from all over the world dating from 1700s

Collection details

Archives, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Fine Art, Industry, Personalities, Social History, Trade and Commerce

Key artists and exhibits

  • John Aldridge
  • Edward Bawden
  • Vanessa Bell
  • Walter Crane
  • Marion Dorn
  • James Fitton
  • William Folliott
  • Alec Hunter
  • Owen Jones
  • William Morris
  • Marianne Straub
  • A.W.N Pugin
  • Arthur Silver
  • Bruce Talbot
  • C.F.A Voysey

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Warners Mill
Silks Way
Braintree
Essex
CM7 3GB
England

Website

The official website of the Warner Textile Archive

www.warnertextilearchive.co.uk

E-mail

info@warnertextilearchive.co.uk

Telephone

Reception/general enquiries

01376 557741

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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