Ribbon weaver museum (Wuppertal)
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
- Website of the museum on the web server of the city of Wuppertal
- Museum website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bandwebermuseum celebrates 20th birthday Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from March 27, 2009
- ↑ Anecdotes from old Bergische looms Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from March 29, 2009
- ^ Radio Wuppertal: Museum in the Goldzack building. In: radiowuppertal.de. Radio Wuppertal, accessed on June 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Homepage of the museum. Ribbon weaver museum, accessed January 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Tanja Heil: Ribbon weaver museum opened: “The museum is really great”. In: Remscheider Generalanzeiger. January 27, 2020, accessed February 6, 2020 .
See also
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 55.9 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 15.9 ″ E