She said Kidderminster had always made carpets and textiles, adding: “Even in the Domesday Book, external, it was registered as a textile town, so it goes back all the way.
“We’ve got canals, we have sheep in the local area, we’ve got the River Severn, that’s where they’d wash the wool, and then you’d spin it.
“It was normally the women and the children, they’d be spinning the yarns, ready to put on the loom, so a lot of work went into it, but Kidderminster has always made carpets.”
She said a lot of people did not realise the craftmanship and skill that went into the work, adding: “I think it’s important to remember and see for yourself how they were made.”
The trust running the museum announced last month that the venue would be closing permanently. It had operated for 13 years and housed an extensive collection of objects, archives, books and photographs.