Tuchmuseum Lennep
Volunteer-run museum in Remscheid-Lennep on Bergisch cloth making, using the company Johann Wülfing & Sohn as an example – free admission.
Over het museum
The foundation of the cloth museum is a company museum that the cloth factory Johann Wülfing & Sohn set up in the old manor house on its premises in Dahlerau in the mid-1980s and opened in 1987. The family business had produced high-quality fabrics in Lennep and on the Wupper for two centuries; from 1880, its own worsted spinning mill in Lennep supplied part of the yarn. When production ended – it was the region's last textile manufacturer – the company museum also had to close.
The collection then moved to rooms in the Freiherr vom Stein elementary school on Hardtstraße in Lennep, directly across from the Deutsches Röntgen-Museum. The cloth museum opened there in 1997. It is run by the Anna-Hardt-Stiftung, originally a social family foundation from the 19th century that has been devoted since 1989 to researching Bergisch cloth making. Volunteers operate the museum without public subsidies.
In six rooms, the museum shows how sheep's wool becomes yarn and finally cloth, what role the Wupper played as a supplier of energy and water, and how Lennep became the city of cloth makers. Other topics are the trading houses that distributed Bergisch cloth worldwide, the social facilities the entrepreneurs provided for their workforce, and fashion, colors and sample collections from about a century. The cloth museum complements the Wülfing-Museum in Radevormwald-Dahlerau, where the factory's historic machine park is preserved.
Hoogtepunten
- The path of wool from sheep to finished suit fabric
- Original objects from the company museum of the cloth factory Johann Wülfing & Sohn
- Pattern books and fabric collections from about 100 years
- Themed room on the Wupper as the energy source of the cloth industry
- Weaving courses in cooperation with a textile artist
Vaste collectie
- Tuchmacherei im Bergischen Land – Six rooms on the Lennep cloth industry: from wool processing and the Wupper as an energy source to trading houses, entrepreneurs' foundations and sample collections.
- Opgericht
- 1997
- Beheerder
- Anna-Hardt-Stiftung e.V.
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
| Kinderen & jongeren | –Free admission for everyone. |
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| Groepen | –Guided tour or special opening outside regular hours: €50 for a group of up to 10 people; school classes are exempt from the group limit. |
Free admission; donations are welcome at the exit.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk: niet aanwezig
- Lift: niet aanwezig
- Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
- Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
The entrance is 8 steps up; a stairlift leads into the museum. Inside the museum there are two flights of stairs, so the building is not accessible.
Kinderen & gezin
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Follow the signs to the Deutsches Röntgen-Museum – the cloth museum is across the street at Hardtstraße 2.
Route plannenService & horeca
- Café: niet aanwezig
- Restaurant: niet aanwezig
- Museumwinkel
Small museum shop with books, tea towels, soap and souvenirs. For a Bergische Kaffeetafel (traditional Bergisch coffee table), the museum recommends the restaurant "König von Preußen" in Lennep's old town (about 5 minutes away, closed on Sundays).
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
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| Goed om te weten | Guided tours for up to 10 people (€50); the duration depends on your wishes, and you should allow at least one hour. Weaving courses take place twice a year (registration directly with the course leader). |
