Ribbon weaver museum (Wuppertal)

The Ribbon Weavers Museum at the 5th Wuppertal History Festival (2012)

The ribbon weaver museum is a technology and cultural history museum in Wuppertal .

history

The museum was opened in 1989 and was located in the Friedrich-Bayer-Realschule in the Wuppertal district of Küllenhahn ( Lage ) until June 2019 . It was closed at this location on June 13, 2019 and reopened on January 25, 2020 in its new domicile, the Gold-Zack building in the north of Elberfeld .

description

In its exhibition, the museum shows various weaving machines such as a jacquard loom , finished products from ribbon weaving and braiding as well as a house ribbon weaver's room with a large loom.

The museum reminds of the former importance of ribbon weaving for Wuppertal. In 1913 there were around 8,000 band chairs in use in home work alone .

Web links

Commons : Bandwebermuseum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the museum on the web server of the city of Wuppertal
• Museum website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bandwebermuseum celebrates 20th birthday Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from March 27, 2009
2. ↑ Anecdotes from old Bergische looms Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from March 29, 2009
3. ^ Radio Wuppertal: Museum in the Goldzack building. In: radiowuppertal.de. Radio Wuppertal, accessed on June 14, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Homepage of the museum. Ribbon weaver museum, accessed January 3, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Tanja Heil: Ribbon weaver museum opened: “The museum is really great”. In: Remscheider Generalanzeiger. January 27, 2020, accessed February 6, 2020 . 

See also

• List of museums in Wuppertal

Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 55.9 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 15.9 ″  E