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Free parking to the front of the museum only few spaces but you can park outside the front of the weatherspoons in there carpark but it is a pay & display carpark There is Disabled Spaces in this carpark Museum as a little gift shop & also a small cafe The museum is free to enter but please give a donation when leaving the museum there is a donation box in the gift shop
The Rise and Fall of Silk in Macclesfield
Delve into the history of silk in Macclesfield with our latest exhibition, ‘The Rise and Fall of Silk in Macclesfield’ where Macclesfield’s silk story is brought to life through textiles, costumes, photographs and more. Discover why silk first came to Macclesfield and how it ultimately shaped the town we know today. Find out about the lives of the children, women and men who worked in the silk mills and discover how central a role the mills played in their lives in both work and leisure. Learn about Jacquard weaving and screen printing through the work of Cyrus Newton Fytton and Edith Buxton, textile designers who trained at Macclesfield School of Art, the building which houses the Silk Museum today. With over four hundred years of Macclesfield’s silk history to explore, there is something for everyone.
Marianne Brocklehurst’s Egyptian collection
Our famous Ancient Egyptian collections are on display once again. Come and find out about the lives of these fascinating people through the artefacts and inscriptions they left behind as you explore the oldest objects in our museums. Learn about the connection between silk and Egypt through the lives of Marianne Brocklehurst and Mary Booth, the two Victorian explorers who gave their collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts to Macclesfield. With more objects on display than ever before – including Tutankhamun’s ring, our well preserved Shebmut Mummy case, a collection of over forty Shabti and other fascinating artifacts. The exhibition is a must for visitors both young and old – exploring the everyday life, customs and beliefs of an ancient Egyptian civilisation.
Macclesfield at War
Find out about the crucial role that Macclesfield’s silk industry played in the Second World War, maintaining the vital supply of parachute silk. See our collection of silk ‘escape and evade’ maps used by the RAF. Maps were printed on silk during the war because of the durability and ease of concealing in soldiers’ clothing. At the end of the war when fabric was still rationed, soldiers returned home with maps and they were used to make clothing. Silk map dresses used 12 maps and are considered very rare. Macclesfield Museum is proud to display our silk dress along with maps, war memorials, parachutes and other artefacts. The Silk Museum also has a permanent display of War Memorials (formerly housed in Christ Church) commemorating the lives of 865 silk workers who lost their lives during the...
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I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the Silk Museum and my guided tour of Paradise Mill.
The place is absolutely fascinating, packed full of history, glorious to see whilst in motion and makes for an absolute gem of a visit.
Our guide, Tim, was brilliant. Enthusiastic and passionate about Macclesfield, he brought the tour alive and fielded a wide range of questions. I visited on a Wednesday afternoon and there were just three of us for the tour. The other ladies were Canadian and Australian respectively and the latter had a great great grandfather who had worked at the mill before he stole a bolt of silk and ended up in…Australia courtesy of the criminal justice system of the day. What a story!
I’ve added a few photos which don’t do it justice but would visit again in the future. It was a fascinating visit and I’d highly...
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Phil Lewis - Now has a Gym on 2nd Floor. New fitness machinery, nice people, Mr Universe as a Pointer, and unlike Arnie it's never Hasta la vista baby, as there is only one Mr Universe, and he's from Macclesfield.
Runs one of the best gyms in Macclesfield, and genuinely aids others live the dream.
The prices of £4 a session, £10/week, and a cheap monthly subscription for 1st hand muscle advice.
One genuinely cannot beat.
On the other hand, Phil is nice hard working local lad, who deserves our support, in bringing both manual and mental muscle to Macc!
So don't say Hasta la vista, join and live the dream!
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