The Mill Museum’s Makerspace

The museum’s Dunham Hall makerspace is available to all visitors. It is located next to the accessible entrance.

Our makerspace specializes in the textile arts and technologies. Everything from spinning and weaving to knitting, crocheting, embroidery, and sewing is covered.

This space provides a perfect opportunity to learn. If you are curious about some equipment or technique you’ve never tried, or want to gain expertise in a particular domain, we probably have the resources you need.

Want to see what a Singer Featherweight is all about? Want to try weaving tapes on an Inkle loom? Want to compare a walking wheel, drop spindle and treadle wheel? We’ve got you covered.

For visiting school groups this space provides the opportunity for demonstrations and hands-on experience.

In the spring of 2027 we will have many of our industrial sewing machines in our Dugan Hall industrial exhibit space running as demonstrators for the public and for use by our members. These resources will expand our members’ capability especially in the area of garment construction and heavy materials work.

We have Singer industrial straight stitch machines like the 31-15 “tailor’s machine”, a class 251 machine, and a Wilcox and Gibbs that was used in American Thread’s test department.

Our collection also includes multiple Merrow overlock machines as well as specialist cylinder arm, coverstitch, and chainstitch machines.

Rounding out the industrials we have a Singer 29K leather patcher and a Chandler button sewing machine.