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VIDEO GALLERY
Here are just a few of the videos that have been made by, or filmed at, the Framework Knitters Museum in the last few years.
You’ll find lots more videos about framework knitting and the museum on YouTube.
Poor as a Stockinger
An introduction to our museum.
Find out how the framework knitting industry began in Nottingham and what it was like to live and work as a framework knitter.
Click here for the subtitled version
Breaking the Frame
Take the challenge and confront the dilemmas faced by the framework knitters.
Will you join the outlaw Luddites, work within the law for change or be thankful for what you have in life
A View of the Framework Knitters Museum’s interiors
A view of the museum interiors for those unable to visit the museum or access the upper floors.
Knitting frames explained
Museum demonstrator, Andy Bone, explains how a knitting frame works and describes what working life was like for the framework knitters.
Film by Morley Threads.
200th Anniversary of the Luddites
John Holmes of BBC Nottinghamshire on the 200th anniversary of the Luddite uprisings in Nottinghamshire. Includes footage shot at the museum.
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*
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
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!
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