The Central Museum of Textiles was established in 1960. The scientific, collector and promotion interests of the museum concentrate around everything related to textile manufacturing process – from materials, through textile techniques and technologies to textiles products representing various processing degree.

Since 1972 the museum worked in co-operation and since 1982 is the sole organizer of the International Triennial of Tapestry. Presently, it is the oldest and biggest world international exhibition-competition promoting the contemporary “fibre art”.

The museum’s surface equals 16 000 square meters, including 7 000 square meters of exhibition space. In 2008 the Open-air Museum of the Łódź Wooden Architecture was established near the museum.

The seat of the Central Museum of Textiles – the White Factory erected in the years 1835-1886 by the family of Ludwig Geyer, immigrant from Saxony, is the example of magnificent industrial architecture. It was the first in Poland multi-department factory. It housed the first in Poland mechanical spinning, weaving and printing rooms for cotton, driven by steam machine.

webpage: www.muzeumwlokiennictwa.pl

Contact:
The Central Museum of Textiles, Piotrkowska Street 282, 93-034 Łódź
Central: (0 42) 683 26 84; (0 42) 683 26 85; (0 42) 683 26 86
Secretariat: (0 42) 684 33 55; (0 42) 684 61 42;  fax: (0 42) 684 33 55
Department of Education: (0 42) 684 61 15
e-mail: dzial.oswiaty@muzeumwlokiennictwa.pl

The White Factory - seat of the Central Museum of Textiles; photo. Lech Andrzjewski
The White Factory - seat of the Central Museum of Textiles; photo. Lech Andrzjewski