A working flax stripper museum on Harbour Street in Foxton, where the old machinery is still run for visitors. A tour includes seeing the machinery in operation, with guides explaining the flax industry, which once gave work to 20 to 25 men for each stripper. The stripper here was run at the firm of Bonded Felts and could strip 12 tons of green leaf a day. The museum also has a scrutcher donated by a farmer near Blenheim, and a photographic display of carpets and woolpacks made from flax. The same machinery is still used to strip flax for furniture restoration and Māori crafts. It is open 1 to 3 pm daily, or at other times by arrangement, and closed on Christmas Day, Good Friday and ANZAC Day. A monthly film night on the last Friday of each month, except December, costs $10 to enter as at October 2026. We hear the flax stripper is closed for June and July, so check before you go.