Opening times
| Mar & Nov | Apr & Oct | May-Sep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | CLOSED* | CLOSED* | CLOSED* |
| Tue | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 5pm | 12 - 5pm |
| Wed | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 5pm | 12 - 5pm |
| Thur | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 5pm | 12 - 5pm |
| Fri | CLOSED | 12 - 5pm | 12 - 5pm |
| Sat | CLOSED | CLOSED | 12 - 5pm |
| Sun | CLOSED* | CLOSED* | CLOSED* |
* Open 12 – 5pm on Sunday and Monday
on Bank Holiday weekends (Easter, May and August).
Engine in steam on weekdays and Saturdays (see above opening hours).
Limited Sunday steaming please phone for details.
We suggest you allow at least 1.5 hours for your visit.
Disabled Access
Due to the historic nature of the building some emergency exit routes require the use of a flight of stairs.
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum is fully accessible to disabled users but numbers of people who would require the assistance of a staff member to evacuate the building in an emergency may need to be restricted in certain parts of the building.
Please call the museum or email us if you have any concerns or would like to know more.
Admission Charges
Save money with our Xplorer multi-pass tickets
| Adults | £ 3.00 |
|---|---|
| Concessions | £ 2.00 |
| Accompanied Children | FREE |
| Burnley Residents | FREE |
Facilities
- Ample free parking
- Gift shop
- Café serving snacks and light refreshments
- Toilets including disabled and baby change facilities
- Full access for disabled users
- Visitors with guide dogs welcome
- Family events and activities
Contact the museum
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum
Harle Syke, Burnley, BB10 2HX.
Tel: (+44) 01282 412555
Fax: (+44) 01282 430220
Our venues
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum
Collections
The Museum holds a collection of machinery and other items connected to the textile industry which, combined with that of sister museum Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, is designated as being of national importance. The most significant and now unique aspect of Queen Street’s collection is the machinery which has been preserved in situ in full working order, including the original Lancashire boiler, the 500 horse power tandem compound steam engine “PEACE”, the line shafting which runs throughout the mill and the 19th century looms connected to it. All of the looms were made by local Burnley firms Harling and Todd or Pembertons.
Alongside this are other machines used in the preparation of the yarn for weaving including the huge cylinder size machines and electric pirn winders. There is also a collection of machinery which demonstrates the development of weaving including Dobby looms capable of weaving fairly complicated designs, which are now used to weave Jewish prayer shawls, and a Hattersley Jacquard (tapestry) loom which was exhibited at the 1908 Franco-British exhibition to weave a version of Landseer’s painting “Bolton Abbey in Ye Olden Times” to demonstrate the amazing advancements of weaving jacquard.
The Museum also houses a library containing over 7,000 books, journals and other items relating to Lancashire’s textile industry. This collection is available for consultation by members of the public by prior arrangement.