Britain’s carpet museum rolling up for good

Britain’s only carpet museum is closing.

The Carpet Museum in Kidderminster, once the beating heart of Britain’s textile industry, will close on December 20 after visitor numbers dropped to just six visitors a day.

Geoffrey Gilbert, chief of the Carpet Museum Foundation, is quoted in The Sun newspaper as saying: “We have really struggled over the last four or five years. Running costs come to around £100,000 a year but it has been very difficult to generate income to cover this.”

The unique museum opened in 2012 to enthusiasts, school trips, and curious tourists who want to dive deep into 300 years of tasseled, patterned history.

It even became a quirky cult favorite online for a while; It boasts a four-star TripAdvisor rating, and fans call it “an absolute gem.”

One visitor said: “It was only a matter of time before the rug was pulled out from under them.”

Another person wrote: “I enjoyed my first fuck pile there when I was little. It’s a special place.”

And a third fan wrote: “Keeping the town’s industrial history alive for the younger generation.”

The Carpet Museum, housed in an 18th-century mill, charged £6 for adults and £17 for families.