Opening Times:

11am – 4pm Wednesday to Saturday
(Closed Sunday – Tuesday and Bank Holidays)

<> Admission Charge - Adults £2.00, Concessions £1.00, Children (5-16) £0.50.

<> Accessible to wheelchair users.

<> Hearing loop within the Gallery

<> Toilets and baby change facilities

<> Postcards and books on sale at the reception desk

<> Parking at Silks Way and in the town centre

<> Railway station, bus station and town centre within a five-minute walk from the archive

<> Schools, researchers and booked groups welcome

Location:

Warners Mill,
Silks Way,
Braintree,
Essex.

Contact Details:

General enquiries telephone – 01376 557741
Schools, researchers and groups – 01376 557803
Fax: 01376 327849
Email: warner.archive@braintree.gov.uk

Correspondance: Ann Wise, 
Warner Archive Development and Licensing Manager, 
c/o Town Hall Centre,
Market Place,
Braintree,  
CM7 3YG

Email: ann.wise@braintree.gov.uk

BRAINTREE DISTRICT MUSEUM

The archive is part of the Braintree District Museum. A visit to the archive wouldn’t be complete without popping into the museum in Manor Street, to discover the important role Braintree has played in the development of Britain’s textile industry. Located in the old school building the museum’s Threads of Time tells the story of this area’s textile heritage from the medieval wool trade through to the fabrics produced in the town by Warner and Courtaulds. By creativity and skill, the people in this part of Essex produced fabrics for State occasions, curtains and upholstery fabrics for some of the most important houses and churches in the country and led the world in the development of man-made textiles during the twentieth century. The museum occasionally arranges temporary exhibitions with a textile theme.

Telephone 01376 325266 for information about opening times and exhibitions.