Can Marfà Knitwear Museum facts for kids
| Can Marfà. Museu del Gènere de Punt | |
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| Established | February 2015 |
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| Location | Passatge de Can Marfà 1, Mataró, Barcelona, Spain |
| Type | Textile museum |
The Can Marfà Knitwear Museum (also known as Catalan: Can Marfà. Museu del Gènere de Punt) is a cool place in Mataró, Spain. It's part of the Mataró Museum and teaches all about the history of knitting and making clothes like socks. The museum is inside an old factory building called Marfà. This factory used to be the biggest knitted fabric factory in Spain before 1936.
This big museum has three floors, covering a huge area of 1,800 square meters!
Contents
Ground Floor: Special Exhibitions
The ground floor of the museum is where you'll find temporary exhibitions. These shows often explore the history of the textile industry, new technologies, cool designs, and fashion trends. It's a changing space, so there's always something new to see!
First Floor: Mataró, The Knitwear Capital
The first floor holds the main exhibition. Here, you can see over a hundred industrial objects that show how knitwear has been made in Catalonia. This covers everything from the 1700s right up to today. You'll find old machines, tools, clothing, advertisements, and important documents. This collection is one of the most important of its kind in Europe!
Exploring Knitwear History
The exhibition on the first floor is divided into seven interesting areas:
- Audiovisual Introduction: This part gives you a quick look at why the knitwear industry was so important in Mataró.
- From Fiber to Fabric: Learn how knitwear is made, step by step. This includes spinning the yarn, weaving it into fabric, creating cool designs, cutting the pieces, and adding the final touches.
- The Start of Knitting: Discover how knitting changed from being done by hand to using machines.
- Knitting Goes Industrial: See how new technology and many workers helped textile factories grow. Learn about the big social changes and how the knitting industry shaped the city of Mataró.
- Fashion, Fun, and Sports: Explore how clothing styles changed over time. Find out how fashion influenced what people wore and how new products and technologies appeared.
- From Tough Times to Growth: Learn about how machines for making knitwear were developed. See how the companies that supplied materials grew. Also, discover the huge impact of the nylon revolution on clothing.
- The Future of Textiles: This section looks at how important design is today. It also shows how new technologies are changing the textile industry.
First Floor Gallery
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A row of looms -
A circular loom from 1965 -
A square loom -
Another circular loom
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An old Spinning wheel -
A straight loom for crochet from 1910 -
A winding machine
Second Floor: Textile Collections Storage
The second floor is where the museum keeps its amazing collection of textile items. This area is used for looking after, studying, and preserving the collection. You can also see a special selection of clothing items from the 1960s to the 1980s here.
See also
In Spanish: Can Marfà. Museo del Género de Punto para niños
