Paper and Watermark Museum Fabriano — Attraction in Fabriano

For a class field trip, we visited the Museo della Carta e della Filigrana. I was a very great experience and exceeded my expectations. We learned a lot about where and how paper making originated in the 18th to 19th century. The first photo in the review shows the original machine that hammered the material into a pulp to begin the paper making process. When paper was first made, it was made out of rags and old clothes, but now clothes are made of too many synthetic materials that it can no longer be turned into paper, hence why trees are used. Once the first machine hammered the cloth into a pulp, it was then mixed with water and put into a rotation tub (shown in photo 2), collected onto a tray, then laid onto felt to dry. To speed the drying process, stacks of the wet paper on felt are put into a press to press out majority of the water then hung to air dry. Once the paper air dried, it was smoothed and ironed so that it was nice and flat and smooth, and ready to sell or use. Later, machines were created to speed the process and minimize the number of workers needed to complete this process. Watermarks were invented here in Fabriano to authenticate the process and brand of the paper. Our tour guide, Francesca, was great! She was very passionate and very well informed on everything to do with paper. She did demonstrations and even asked for volunteers so my peers and I were able to interact in the process. She even showed us examples of paper made with wheat, artichoke, and more! Overall it was a great experience and I would highly...

I went to the Paper and Watermark museum on a class field trip and it did not disappoint. To begin with everyone in the class speaks solely English and the guide's English was fluent and very easy to understand which was very appreciated. In addition, the museum itself was amazing and beautiful. To begin with when the guide was explaining how the disintegrated rags went from being rags to sheets of paper a man showed us a demonstration. He was able to grab a frame lined various times with metal, run it through a vat of liquid and the disintegrated rag material, shake it out and lay the newly made paper to dry. It was really spectacular and surprising to see how paper was mad (especially prior to the use of making paper from trees). In the other picture one can see paper being left to dry. This is because the paper that was made previously in the vat of liquid comes out wet. Since this is the case, the paper must be set to dry before further work in process can be done and before it can be written on or sold. I learned a great deal from the Paper and Watermark Museum, it really is a...

I went to the Museo della Carta e della Filigrana on a class field trip about a week ago. When we first walked into the museum, you find yourself in a foyer area surrounded by works of watermarks on paper. The tour guide approached our group and she announced that she was ready to get started. Our tour guide, Francesca, was very informative throughout the whole experience and was more than willing to answer our questions to her full capabilities. The first room she took us in, she showed us the first machine that was able to turn washcloths into a flattened paper that people are able to write on. In that same room she brought a colleague and showed the group first hand how to make the paper. They were also nice enough to allow some of my classmates to experience this process with their own hands. Overall, I would definitely recommend this place to anybody who is interested in this subject. I know I learned a lot about paper making that I never thought I...