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Description [EN]
The Upper Franconian Textile Museum, located in a manufacturer’s house built in 1860, showcases the development from artisanal to industrial textile production. This is illustrated through a fully furnished hand-weaver’s room and a delivery room from around 1900, as well as a functional mechanical home weaving mill. Every visitor is welcome to sit at the loom and weave a few centimeters onto the "Longest Scarf in the World." The typical textile raw materials can be touched.
The museum also presents a unique collection of wraps from Helmbrechts production of the time, the so-called "shawls". These were exported to over 140 countries around the world: for example, saris to India, ponchos to South America, and turban cloths to Turkey. These are also testimonies to the textile outfits of the indigenous peoples up to the time of World War I, which gave Helmbrechts the nickname “Wardrobe of the World.”
Services
Adolescents, pupils
Kinder- und FerienprogrammeKindergeburtstag
Publicly accessible library / archive / study rooms
auf Anfrage
Museumsshop
ja
Event room / lecture rooms (rentable)
ja
Notes on using your smartphone or cameras
Fotografieren und Filmen gerne erlaubt, bitte nehmen Sie Rücksicht auf Personal und andere Besucher
Guided tours and group offers
auf Anfrage
Accessibility
Access with ramp
No
Guidance system for visually impaired people, Tactile / acoustic map
No
Entrance soil indicators
No
Marking of step edges
No
Access stairless
No
Access with ramp
No
Elevator with tactile font / announcement
No
Disabled toilet
Yes
Labeling in pictograms
No
Inscription in braille
No
Acoustically accessible exhibition objects
No
Tactile accessible exhibition objects
Yes
Print medium in braille inscription / large print
No
Tactile / audio tours
No
Guided tours in sign language
No
Tactile flooring system
No
Barrier-free Audioguides
No
Educational programs for visitors with learning difficulties
No