Weaver's House Museum, Textile heritage museum in Old Uptown, Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
The Weaver's House Museum is a textile craft museum in the Old Town of Bielsko-Biała housed in a preserved log building. Inside is a complete 18th-century weaving workshop with looms, spinning tools, and all the equipment needed for the craft.
The building started as a home and workshop for several families, including the Bartkes and Bathelt, before it became a museum in 1974. The conversion preserved the rooms as they were used for the weaving craft.
The house displays guild documents and furniture that show how master weavers lived and worked in this region. You can see how important the craft guilds were for passing skills from one generation to the next.
You can watch demonstrations on a 19th-century loom and examine real tools in the workshop area of the museum. The rooms are small and require slow movement, so sturdy shoes are recommended.
The museum keeps an iron coffer that served as the guild's money box and a complete warping device from the 18th century. These two objects show how valuable the guild's tools and wealth were.
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