Maison des Canuts

Over het museum

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.

Hoogtepunten

• 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

Vaste collectie

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

Opgericht

1970

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 24.787

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

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.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• 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 museum is advertised as accessible to people with reduced mobility. The visit to the traboules involves around 400 steps downhill.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnenAanbevolen vanaf 7 jaar

• Gezinsrondleidingen & 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.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

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

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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