The Silk Museum Macclesfield
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Macclesfield is still a place where fabric making flourishes at the makers place get expert insights from today s craftspeople and pick up a truly special souvenir. The museum has an internationally significant collection of silk textiles and machinery with a pattern book archive of nearly 1 000 volumes. A visit offers the opportunity to step back in time to macclesfield in the 1930s. The museums are owned by cheshire east the local council and managed on their behalf by the macclesfield silk heritage trust.
Visitors can learn about and explore the journey through the industrial process of silk making from the cocoon to the loom. Macclesfield bed and breakfast. The museums are called the silk museum paradise mill west park museum and the old sunday school. View all hotels near the silk museum paradise mill on tripadvisor.
Last minute hotels in macclesfield. Macclesfield museum is proud to display our silk dress along with maps war memorials parachutes and other artefacts. Macclesfield silk museum takes you on a journey back to the cheshire s industrial roots. The silk museum and paradise mill tell the story of macclesfield s world renowned silk industry.
Paradise mill is a beautifully preserved working silk mill with 26 restored jacquard looms. Hotels near the silk museum paradise mill. The silk museum also has a permanent display of war memorials formerly housed in christ church commemorating the lives of 865 silk workers who lost their lives during the two world wars.