Museum of Textiles

The new exhibition, accessible by disabled people is located in an old textile factory of 1960, it is very bright and with a parking for cars and buses. The visitor is accompanied by guides along a path that leads him to experience the various stages of spinning the fibers, silk production, carding and weaving to conclude the visit with the machinery for finishing and embellishing the tissue. He can touch the various types of wool and fabrics and see the machines in operation. He will feel immersed in the production cycle realizing the wealth of technical knowledge, and hard work of those who worked with these machines. In the fibers and yarns section, he can see the circular silk throwing machine powered by a water mill and in the spring assist the breeding of silkworms. This section includes a functioning card of reduced dimensions, for educational use, and another very big in real size. There are the spinning wheels and a rare twister with 12 flyers of 1700. Another section deals with the evolution of weaving, from medieval loom, the flying shuttle, the Jacquard loom, concluding with the mechanical dobby looms and weaving machines with tape. In the finishing section is a big raising machine for blankets, felt fulling-mills and shearing machine. A large library collects recipes for dyeing wool, the famous red “scarlatto” and a sampling of “Lanital” an Italian fiber made in the 1936 derived from milk. The control section of the yarns includes dynamometers, reels for titration of yarn, twist tester, microscope and black boards. For the borders \the machine for the cords and fringes . The tour ends with the embroidery machine, an exhibition of fabrics from the 50s and those currently produced in our area. In the teaching area you can perform tests of weaving and watch movies on the silkworm. Tel. +39 035/733981