Maison des Canuts

Om museet

The Maison des Canuts was founded in 1970 by the COOPTISS, a weaving cooperative. The site has a long history: as early as the late 19th century it housed the headquarters of the Syndicat des Tisseurs et Similaires on the Croix-Rousse plateau.

The canuts, master weavers of gold, silver and silk threads, shaped the identity of this district. The museum tells the great story of Lyon silk and of the people who built it, from the organisation of the Fabrique (the name given to Lyon’s silk industry) to the canut revolts of 1831 and 1834.

The route comprises three exhibition rooms and a weaving workshop. The rooms present the origins of silk, discovered around 5,000 years ago, the life cycle of the silkworm, the making of gold and silver threads and the invention of the Jacquard loom. A final room hosts temporary exhibitions.

During guided visits, the guide opens the workshop and explains the steps that come before weaving, from design to fabric. A demonstration is given on an authentic 19th-century hand loom with Jacquard mechanism. The tour continues in the lecture hall, where the development of Lyon silk weaving from 1536 to the present day is traced. The shop sells textile accessories made in France.

Højdepunkter

• Weaving demonstration on a 19th-century Jacquard hand loom
• History of silk and the silkworm
• Making of gold and silver threads
• The canut revolts of 1831 and 1834
• Combined visits with the traboules (covered passageways through building blocks) of the Croix-Rousse

Permanent udstilling

• Collection permanente – Three rooms on the origins of silk, gold and silver threads, the Lyon Fabrique and the canut revolts, plus the weaving workshop.

Grundlagt

1970

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 24.787

Entrépriser & rabatter

Admission to the permanent collection: €3 for adults. Access to the permanent collection and the workshop visit is possible with the Pass’Région Jeunes and the Lyon City Card; visits of the traboules and the Atelier Mattelon are not included. Chèques-vacances (holiday vouchers) and chèques culture (culture vouchers) are accepted.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The museum is advertised as accessible to people with reduced mobility. The visit to the traboules involves around 400 steps downhill.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familierAnbefales fra 7 år

• Familieomvisninger & workshops

Family workshops during school holidays, for example making a pumpkin or a silk cat, and special visits for children. Family workshops are offered from age 7, with an adult, by reservation.

Transport & parkering

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik

Shop selling textile accessories made in France and fabrics from the Philéone brand.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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