Musée industriel de la corderie Vallois

Over het museum

The site is linked to the history of the Cailly valley, a major cotton-spinning region in the 19th century. A 16th-century paper mill was converted into a cotton mill in 1825, with a large water wheel. In 1880 Jules Vallois turned the spinning mill into a mechanical ropeworks, where cabled ropes and braided cords were made.

The ropeworks operated until 1978. Threatened with demolition, it was saved thanks to the efforts of its last director, Maurice Mallet, Pierre Vallois, grandson of the founder, and several associations and local authorities. The building and the wheel were listed as Monuments historiques in 1975, and most of the machines were classified in 1984.

The Corderie Vallois industrial museum opened on 11 February 1994 as the first industrial museum in France. Since 1 January 2016 it has belonged to the Métropole Rouen Normandie. The buildings and the full set of machines are still in place, driven by a Poncelet-type bladed wheel that develops around twenty horsepower.

Hoogtepunten

• Ropeworks machines switched on during the guided visits
• Poncelet-type water wheel driven by the Cailly
• English machines and small French braiding machines across several floors
• Garden of dyeing and fibre plants, free to enter
• History of the cotton industry in the Cailly valley

Vaste collectie

• Les machines de la Corderie – Cabling machine, wing-twisting machine, bobbin winder, creel and braiding machines: the machines that produced cabled cotton ropes, twisted yarns and cotton braids.

Opgericht

1994

Beheerder

Métropole Rouen Normandie (Réunion des Musées Métropolitains)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Free access to the permanent collections.

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 fully accessible to visitors with reduced mobility.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops

Offers “Le musée des tout petits” and “Un dimanche en famille”.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

According to the museum's website, public transport is free on Saturdays.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Shop and toilets available; the garden of dyeing and fibre plants is free to enter. Label Normandie Qualité Tourisme.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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