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Textile art is tradition at Prato Textile Museum
Cultural pole dedicated to fabrics and its production
in time
The textile pole of Prato has its roots since the Middle Ages
because the territory surrounding houses factories for the processing
of woolen cloth
However spinning weaving and dyeing developed around this process
the sale
In the 19th century Prato became a point of reference for the production
due to the industrial revolution
Today the production is focused on the specialization of certail fabrics
given the development of other realities and the introduction of other types
of fabric
Prato become above all since the 80s a model of industrial reality
Birth of the Museum
The Birth of the Museum dates back of 1975 opened at the Industrial Technical
Insitute Tullio Buzzi textile from a first collection of collected historical textile
fragments
Over time collection has always been enriched
The Mission
The Museum’s mission is to preserve enhance and increase as well as
always acquisre new fabrics and create a value until it becomes over time
a meeting place between cultures to create interest in tourism as well as
studies and research
The Collections
Belonging to different eras and various origins the collections present are :
Hisotrical Fabrics
Corporate samples
Artisti sketches and fabrics
Contemporary fabrics
There are also machinery for the production of sketch illustrations
of fashion garments dresses
The Textile Museum is located in Prato via Puccetti 3 and ticket 10 €
for the entrance times visit the website indicated above.