Oberfränkisches Textilmuseum Helmbrechts

Description

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.”