Silk Museum

Silk Museum
Park Lane
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 6TJ
England

Website

www.silk-macclesfield.org

E-mail

silkmuseum@tiscali.co.uk

Telephone

01625 612045

Fax

01625 612048

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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The Silk Industry Museum includes the Silk Museum and Paradise Mill. At Paradise Mill you are given a guided tour around a working silk mill as it was int he 1930s. The Silk Museum takes you through the design and processes involved in producing and creating silk, from bugs to beauty.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Mon-Sat 1100-1700
Mill Tours at 11.15, 12.15, 1.15 and 2.15

Closed: Sundays

 Admission charges

Silk Industry Museums
adult £3.75
concessionary £2.75
familu (2+2) £10.80

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Auditorium
  • Cafeteria
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Audio guides specifically for blind and partially sighted people
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Library with public access
  • Mail order service available
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Silk Museum
Park Lane
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 6TJ
England

Website

www.silk-macclesfield.org

E-mail

silkmuseum@tiscali.co.uk

Telephone

01625 612045

Fax

01625 612048

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Costume, machinery and amterials relating to the whole silk process in Macclesfield and around the world. Social history items from Macclesfield.

Collection details

Archives, Costume and Textiles, Design, Fine Art, Industry, Science and Technology, Social History

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Silk Museum
Park Lane
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 6TJ
England

Website

www.silk-macclesfield.org

E-mail

silkmuseum@tiscali.co.uk

Telephone

01625 612045

Fax

01625 612048

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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 Face to face resources

Saturday Science Club

http://www.makeitmolecular.com/index.html

Make It Molecular runs this hands-on, free, Science Club for children aged 8-13 years, taking place at the Macclesfield Silk Museum. Each workshop will cover a different aspect of science and is presented by an experienced Science Communicator.

How to obtain

Fill in the online booking form at www.makeitmolecular.com/Science%20Club%20Programme.pdf Workshops are free. Contact info@macclesfield.silk.museum for more details.

Silk Museum
Park Lane
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 6TJ
England

Website

www.silk-macclesfield.org

E-mail

silkmuseum@tiscali.co.uk

Telephone

01625 612045

Fax

01625 612048

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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