Witnesses in Silk: Insights into Textile Archives

Name: Witnesses in Silk: Insights into Textile Archives
Start: 2026-10-30T10:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-10-30T11:30:00.000Z
Location: Landesmuseum Zürich

Guided tour of textile archives at the National Museum featuring original fabric samples from Swiss silk weaving.

Date

Friday 30 October

11:30 – 12:30

Venue

Landesmuseum Zürich

Museumstrasse 2

Price

Price on organiser’s site

Language

German

About

Automatically translated from German

The National Museum guides visitors through its textile archives, exploring Switzerland's important role in the fashion industry. The tour focuses on the fashion converter Abraham and Zurich's silk weaving mills, which supplied haute couture houses worldwide with innovative fabrics in the 20th century. Visitors can examine original items including sample books, fabric collections and pattern rolls.

Organiser · Landesmuseum Zürich

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