Museums & Galleries · Lyme Regis
Axminster Museum
📍 EX13 5AJ
Photo: Derek Harper (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Interactive exhibition telling the story of Axminster carpets
- Compare an 18th-century loom with a working 1930s loom
- Children's trail with dressing-up points and activities
- See an original 1769 Whitty carpet on display
Axminster Museum, part of Axminster Heritage, brings to life "the story of Axminster" from "origins in the Bronze and Stone Ages" through to its world-famous carpet-making history, after "Thomas Whitty started making carpets here in 1755". In the modern gallery you can "see a beautiful 1769 Whitty carpet" and "compare our original 18th century loom" with "a 1930s Crabtree loom", while "children can enjoy their own trail with dressing up points". At the rear, "the Dye House and garden" has "plants that would have been used for dying the wool". Based in Axminster, East Devon, it's close to Axminster station 0.4 miles away and Lyme Regis Front Beach 4.9 miles away, with 73 bookable places to stay nearby.
Practical details
- Open
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10am–4pm, Saturday 10am–1pm (summer season)
- Accessibility
- Lift provides disabled access to part of the building
- Booking
- Meeting room available to hire for meetings and classes
- Best for
- Families, with interactive displays and a children's dressing-up trail
From the attraction's own website on 4 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ WiFi
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