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Madersperger Museum

Small museum in the birthplace of sewing machine inventor Josef Madersperger in Kufstein, with a multivision show and historical sewing machines.

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Om museet

Josef Georg Madersperger was born in Kufstein in 1768. As a young man he moved with his father to Vienna, where he worked as a tailor. He developed a sewing machine that imitated the movement of the sewing hand and applied for a patent for it in 1814. During his lifetime he found no buyer. He gave his first working device to the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna and died in poverty in 1850. The "Näh-Hand" (sewing hand) is today on display at the Technisches Museum Wien.

In his birthplace on Kinkstraße, the association Freunde J. Madersperger set up a small museum on the first floor in 2000. In 2003 it received a project award from the Tyrolean Museum Prize. Today it is promoted by the Kufsteinerland Tourism Association.

In the museum's only room, a multivision show of about 20 minutes tells the story of the inventor's life and work. There are also information panels and several historical sewing machines behind glass. The museum further explores how clothing changed from a luxury item into a mass product, and how the sewing machine developed technically.

Højdepunkter

Birthplace of sewing machine inventor Josef Madersperger
Multivision show on his life and invention
Historical sewing machines in display cases
Free admission, donations welcome

Permanent udstilling

Madersperger Museum – Multivision show on the life and invention of Josef Madersperger, plus historical sewing machines and information on the history of clothing.

Grundlagt: 2000
Ejer: Verein Freunde J. Madersperger / Tourismusverband Kufsteinerland