Stiftelsen K A Almgren Sidenväveri & Museum — Attraction in Stockholm

Facinating weaving factory, with an interesting museum collection at the top (open the little drawers to see the most incredible designs and samples from the factory's history). The lower floor is the old workroom where yarn was turned into warps, wound onto the looms and woven into beautiful cloth. As a former weaver I enjoyed the nostalgia and understood what I was seeing, although I'm not sure it would have been so easy to understand by a non-weaver. The museum's silent wooden looms would have been alive when in use, crashing and clattering...

A great way to spend 30-45 minutes! Not every museum needs to be a half-day activity. Lots of interesting material about the factory and its female workers throughout the last 200 years. Clearly these folks really care about their craft and it shows in how well thought out detailed the exhibition is. Also a nice 10 minute video (offered in several languages) that shows the factory back when...

I had high hopes for this museum but ended up very disappointed. Not prepared for non-swedish visitors. Looks like all the machinery is just cluttered in the space and as an english speaker you cannot count on guided tours (13 o'clock in swedish) but you get a couple of pages to read to yourself. It took me like 15 mins to just look around. Anyway-beautiful area...