The textile museum is a place where you can see looms, warping machines, measurement and weight instruments, watercolour sketches, books, magazines, graduate thesis and old and modern catalogues of patterns.
The textile museum in Chieri was founded in 1996. It is rich in equipment from Medieval times to the XX century and is located in Via Demaria 10, on the corner of via Santa Clara, in premises that used to be the XV century convent of the Clarisse nuns (the Poor Clares) Another branch of the Museum is located in the renovated old factory of the “Imbiancheria”, characterised by a tall chimney. In 1999, within the museum itself, the Association “Friends of the Ricamo Bandera” was established, dedicated to reviving an embroidery technique that was very popular in Piedmont in the 1600’s. More recently the museum has activated an innovative Social Tailor’s shop, open to students, new graduates and citizens, as well as a Botanical Garden of plants used in textiles and dyes.