Colne Valley Museum

About

Colne Valley Museum aims to show visitors the way of life of the people of the old West Riding of Yorkshire who made worsted and woollen cloth in their homes in the 19th century. You can see what their houses were like and how the looms and other machinery were set out to make sure that the families could make a living. Our terrace of four cottages was built by the Pearson family and we tell their story too. The Museum will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2020 and during this time it has been run entirely by volunteers. They are ready to demonstrate the skills of spinning wool, weaving cloth and clog making to visitors. We have a programme of temporary exhibitions and special weekends when we demonstrate household tasks and cooking - especially bread making and baking of traditional havercakes, the oat cakes that took the place of bread in many homes of the time. Our website has much more information and we invite you to come and see us soon. The kettle will be on!