Trace how cloth production, first wool, then cotton, became Lancashire's main export throughout the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Watch our gigantic waterwheel at work, visit the cotton spinning floor or learn how the ideas of famous local inventors revolutionised the world in which we live today!

Core sessions
The woollen story (2hrs) Key Stages 1, 2 and 3
The cotton story (2hrs) Key Stages 1, 2 and 3
Revolution! (1hr) Key Stages 1, 2 and 3
Felt making (1hr) Key Stages 1, 2 and 3
Fibres and fabrics (1hr) Key Stages 1 and 2

What are the clothes we wear made from? This practical session allows pupils to discover the origins of different fabrics. Examine samples under microscopes and be amazed that fabric can even be made from wood!