What do hat pins and detachable collars have in common? They’re as deadly as they are stylish! We’re zooming in on these two historical accessories […]
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Did you know that felt can be made from the fur of animals, such as beaver, wolves, rabbits and deer, as well as from wool?
On Saturday the 5th of March Hat Works hosted ‘Sylvia vs the Fascists’, a one-woman play about the life and work of Manchester born suffragette
Thanks to the HeadsUP project, we now have brand new How To guides for volunteers, Museum Assistants and Officers to help us answer collection enquiries
One of the joys of this restoration project is finding out more about the wonderful machines. Not just what part they played in the hat
My name is Jade and I’m a Museum Assistant based at Bramall Hall, a stunning Elizabethan manor house in Stockport. While my role is
Restoration of our hatting machines has been funded by a grant from the Association for Industrial Archaeology. We thought you’d like to know more about
This is the question that The Textile Society recently asked us. We applied for their museum award to display our most unusual collection of hats.
In today’s, modern office environment, we might occasionally tidy our desk or clean our PC screen. And if something broke down, we’d probably get in an expert or phone an IT helpline.
How good would it be to feel the vibration and hear the rattle of Victorian hatting machines working on the factory floor again? Well it’s full