Forge Mill Needle Museum

Needle Mill Lane
Riverside
Redditch
West Midlands
B98 8HY
England

Website

redditch.whub.org.uk/home/rbc-al-forge-mill.htm

E-mail

museum@redditchbc.gov.uk

Telephone

01527 62509

Fax

01527 464006

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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Industrial museum of the Redditch needle making and fishing tackle industries. In original buildings. Water-powered working machinery. Unique needle scouring mill.

Regional centre for contemporary textiles. Temporary textile exhibitions, textile workshop programme. Shop specialising in unusual needles.

Local history exhibtions.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Easter-September
Mon-Fri 1100-1630
Sat Sun 1400-1700
October November & February March

Sun 200-1700
Mon-Thurs 1100-1600
Sun 1400-1600
Closed Fri Sat

Closed: December -January

 Admission charges

A £3.80
Ss £2.80
C 65p
Free admission to Redditch residents on Wednesdays

Discounts

  • Museums Association
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • General audio-guide available
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Audio guides specifically for blind and partially sighted people
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 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
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Mail order service available
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Needle Mill Lane
Riverside
Redditch
West Midlands
B98 8HY
England

Website

redditch.whub.org.uk/home/rbc-al-forge-mill.htm

E-mail

museum@redditchbc.gov.uk

Telephone

01527 62509

Fax

01527 464006

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.

Industrial machinery. Needles, needle packets and ephemera. Archives. Photographs. Fishing tackle. Fishing rods. catalogues.

Collection details

Archives, Costume and Textiles, Industry, Medicine, Science and Technology, Social History, Trade and Commerce

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Needle Mill Lane
Riverside
Redditch
West Midlands
B98 8HY
England

Website

redditch.whub.org.uk/home/rbc-al-forge-mill.htm

E-mail

museum@redditchbc.gov.uk

Telephone

01527 62509

Fax

01527 464006

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.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Paper-based and downloads

A Brief History of Needle Making Past and Present

Resource pack for students of the local industry and particularly useful for textiles students on City & Guilds courses.

Creator

  • Gloger, JoAnn
  • Chesters, Patrick

Publisher

  • Forge Mill Museum

How to obtain

£4.50. Contact the Museum - phone: 01527 62509

Archaeology and the Abbey Meadows

Resource pack for teachers, with line drawings, photographs, execellet ideas for activities in class and on-site.

Creator

  • Forge Mill Museum Trust
  • Hereford & Worcester County Museum Service
  • Wass, Stephen
  • Wass, Verna
  • Mead, Barry
  • Newman, Mark
  • Gaffney, Vincent
  • Ashby, Bobbie

Publisher

  • Forge Mill Museum

How to obtain

£2.50. Contact the Museum - phone: 01527 62509

Bordesley Abbey School - Visits Activity Pack (Ks2/3)

Activity pack to accompany a school visit, some suggestions of how it could be used independentley in the classroom. Contains colour photographs, worksheets and information for teachers.

Publisher

  • Forge Mill Needle Museum
  • Redditch Borough Council

How to obtain

Charged. Contact the Museum for details - phone: 01527 62509

Victorian Working Life: From Workhouse to Needle Mill

Resource pack to support a visit, but can be used independently in the classroom. Contains information for teachers, worksheets, photographs and documents.

Publisher

  • Forge Mill Needle Museum
  • Redditch Borough Council

How to obtain

Charged. Contact the Museum for details - phone: 01527 62509

Needle Mill Lane
Riverside
Redditch
West Midlands
B98 8HY
England

Website

redditch.whub.org.uk/home/rbc-al-forge-mill.htm

E-mail

museum@redditchbc.gov.uk

Telephone

01527 62509

Fax

01527 464006

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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