National Wool Museum

Great museum telling the story of wool processing, lovely to see most if the staff crafting on the job, knitting and crochet... there were volunteers spinning too. Well worth a visit, nice small shop and great friendly cafe. Look out for the kids activities there is a great little book for them to fill in and a card of activity moments. Nice garden full of plants that can be used for natural dying. Lovely picnic area, water wheel, leat system. The village has some super walks look out for the leaflet with the maps of the routes.

Former wool factory, converted into a great museum displaying the whole journey of wool, from animal to garment. Really interesting and well worth a visit. Ample parking. The cafe offers a range of tasty treats. Staff are friendly and helpful.

Top marks for this quaint, yet important museum highlighting the way of life of so many.

It's all free entry too. Has a reasonably sized cafe, small shop and good parking.

Ok, I have to declare an interest (I have a loom & weave, though not on this scale), but actually, the story of processing wool and the story of those involved was well set out in both Welsh and English.

Sadly the machines were not being turned on to show them working and hear/feel the noise (my visit was Tues early Jan 23), so I'm not overly surprised, but there are plenty of information boards and videos to help tell the story. Check opening times (google etc) before you set off.. they don't open every day!

The cafe serves basic but good food with some gluten free options. Space for a picnic outside in more clement weather.

Except for guide dogs, dogs are not permitted inside the museum.

Worth a return visit? Yes ... I definitely fancy another look.

Update, it's taken a long time but I have been making a shawl out of the weaving ends. Picture below :)
As I arrived there were gardens by the car park with plants good for dying wool. There was lots to see the museum with working machinery for preparing, spinning and weaving the wool. A nice selection of garments and other items made in the mill. Lots on the history and culture of the mill and Welsh garment making. Well worth a visit.

Been looking for wool fabric as I enjoy wool applique, and it has been difficult finding wool fabric. Very helpful, now to go home and felt it all up. Did not go thru museum as had limited time.

Spent a very happy couple of hours exploring this fascinating museum. Well laid out, very helpful, knowledgeable staff (absolutely lovely to watch and talk to a lovely young man spinning at a spinning wheel), and with lots of information boards, photographs and more. Really brought the history of woollen mills in Wales alive.

It's free entry. The staff is really professional and helpful. It has lots of good products. The coffee shop is just beside the show room.

This was excellent, with much to interest and educate children as well as adults. It was great to see the machinery and the working factory. The café was excellent also, and the staff were great. We'll worth a visit, and although free to visit, a donation to help keep this place open could not be denied. Good free parking too.

A great museum recording the history of woollen mills that were once so common in Wales. We came as part of a cultural exchange between Aberystwyth and Yosano in Japan. Students took part in a felting workshop and enjoyed the fascinating exhibits, many described by the friendly and helpful staff. Lunch in the cafe was very nice and completed an excellent visit.

The museum was very interesting with lots of machinery and local history. We enjoyed seeing everything and had tea, coffee and wonderful cakes in the cafe afterwards. The museum shop had many colourful things to buy. The toilets were exceptionally clean and well looked after. Dogs are allowed in the grounds but not indoors.
It is free to visit but you need to book your tickets online before you go.

Brilliant place ,all staff and volunteers excellent friendly and helpful, cafe great will call again

A wonderful place to visit on a rainy day, very exciting for the geek in me - I knew that these machines existed but I had never seen them before and they still run them!!! They take you all the way from sheep to clothes and it's absolutely fascinating to see the machines up close and working! Ask in the museum shop and they will show you the cloth that they make on-site - it is so beautiful. And as a bonus they have free WiFi.

Good cafe for light bite very good value for money. Didn't have a tour of Mill will go back when fully open later this year. Very friendly staff

Lovely place, interesting to see how things used to be, and how much effort went into making things we take for granted. This is definitely something that needs to be preserved to remind us what hard graft is (myself included!!!)

Very interesting Museum (one of most pleasant of Nationals) telling story about one of most important heritages of Wales. Rich exhibition with workshop or experience show available. Worth to visit even if hard to get there

Thoughtful, fascinating exhibition and I loved seeing craftspeople and volunteers spinning and weaving. Great displays with plenty of information and detail. Easy for parking too. Also a nice shop and a cafe where you can enjoy lunch or tea after looking round.

Really interesting interactive museum. Fascinating look at the wool industry and Welsh heritage. Lovely cafe and shop too. Events throughout the year

As an avid crocheters this was a must visit for me. I dragged the family along but they all had a good time. The museum used to be a wool mill and still has machines in working order being demonstrated by volunteers. Entry is free but donations are appreciated. The quality of the blankets in the shop is superb but comes at a price (fair in my opinion just not affordable for me at the moment). There is also a café

Free entry, great coffee freshly cooked Welsh cakes.
Well maintained old machines , history of a working wool mill.
Fabric and fashion exhibition.

Such a wonderful museum! I learned a lot about the Welsh heritage of woollen mills and saw beautiful wool fabrics and designs. As we're still in lockdown, they have excellent social distancing measures in place and you have to book in advance. Everyone there was friendly and helpful. I'll definitely return again to see the Melin Teifi weavers at work!