St.Gallen Textile Museum
The Textile Museum was built in 1878 as a platform for training designers, presenting aesthetic innovations and inspiring through design. Today it is home to an internationally unique collection of 30'000 items.
History:
Since 1863, the Merchant’s Directorate of St.Gallen regularly bought fabric patterns from around the world and put them on display in a sample room. In 1878, the Industry and Trade Museum was founded. With it arose the need for a building of its own.
Architecture:
In 1886, the museum was ready. The four-story brick building is 40m long and begins with the raised ground floor on a granite base, half a story high. The fourth floor is set back behind the roof ledge and thus emphasises the building’s tower shape.
Present-day use:
Today, too, the Textile Museum is a living platform for both historic and innovative textile design. For a country like Switzerland, without natural resources or a privileged climate, taste and its development are an economic necessity.
Since 1863, the Merchant’s Directorate of St.Gallen regularly bought fabric patterns from around the world and put them on display in a sample room. In 1878, the Industry and Trade Museum was founded. With it arose the need for a building of its own.
Architecture:
In 1886, the museum was ready. The four-story brick building is 40m long and begins with the raised ground floor on a granite base, half a story high. The fourth floor is set back behind the roof ledge and thus emphasises the building’s tower shape.
Present-day use:
Today, too, the Textile Museum is a living platform for both historic and innovative textile design. For a country like Switzerland, without natural resources or a privileged climate, taste and its development are an economic necessity.
