A NEW summer exhibition is set to open at Kidderminster's Museum of Carpet with stunning photographs of the town's past.

Generation: The People and Production of Kidderminster launches on Saturday (June 26) and will run until September 4.

With photographs and objects from the Museum of Carpet’s archive, the exhibition will explore stories of Kidderminster's industry and community.

In Kidderminster, a single-industry town with a world-leading carpet industry, generations of local families worked in the same carpet factories.

This has inspired the museum to explore connections and shared experiences between generations, what has changed over the last century, as well as what has stayed the same.

The exhibition includes a free outdoor exhibition outside Morrisons supermarket made possible by the Culture Recovery Fund.

Sue Hetherington, museum manager, said: “This grant allows the museum to display photographs from our collection to local people whose heritage we are here to celebrate. By meeting you outside, we hope to put everyone at ease.”

Generation also includes a selection of photographs submitted to the Museum of Carpet's photography open call by local photographers, children and young people.

They show life in Kidderminster and surrounding areas now on the themes of legacy, hope and the future.