Welcome to Norfolk's Golden Fleece Heritage Museum
The Museum is housed in a Baptist Chapel
The aim of the Museum is to increase the knowledge and understanding of the history of the textile industry in Norfolk together with the accompanying social, economic and political changes.
The displays in the Baptist Chapel (founded 1717, present building 1829) reflect the Chapel Ministry, the lives of local people, farming and textile production. The "Golden Fleece" name was chosen because of the importance of spinning, weaving and dyeing around the Worstead and north Walsham area prior to the Industrial Revolution. It is usually possible to view the adjacent "Weavers Loft", where members of The Worstead Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, have work in progress.
Inside the Museum
Norfolk's Golden Fleece Heritage Museum
The Worstead Baptist Church
Meeting (House) Hill
Worstead
Norfolk
NR28 9LR
01692 406725
- Admission free but donations are welcome
- Admission is available when the Worstead Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers is meeting (2009 dates are 10th, 24th and 31st January, 7th and 21st February 7th and 21st March, 4th and 18th April, 2, 16th and 30th May, 27th June, 11th July, 8th and 22nd August, 5th and 19th September, 3rd and 31st October, 14th and 28th November from 2pm to 5pm)
- Restricted access
- Free parking
- Toilets