09 Sep 2025
Redbourn Village Museum celebrated its 25th anniversary in traditional style on Saturday, with an official opening conducted by Town Crier Stephen Potter.
Around 150 guests including MP Victoria Collins were welcomed by County Councillor Dr Allison Wren on behalf of the museum’s trustees and Redbourn parish councillors.
The sunny, dry weather was ideal for an afternoon in the gardens, with entertainment by Miscellany Folk Singers and The Common Mummers.
The museum is in Silk Mill House, which was constructed in 1857 for the manager of Woollam’s Silk Mill. It was later incorporated into the site of the Brooke Bond coffee and tea packing factory which at one time employed 420 people between the 1940s until closure in 1994.
After Silk Mill House was gifted to the parish council, it opened as a local history museum in May 2000 and has been managed and staffed by volunteers for 25 years, welcoming visitors from Redbourn and much further afield.
