K. A. Almgren silk mill & museum
What's on
Exhibition:
Transfigurations
November 13th 2025 - January 5th 2026
Tor Cederman emphasizes that Almgren silk weaving has something perfumed about it; the mixture of refined silk production and the beautiful everydayness of the factory environment is, according to him, so poetic. He sees the legendary stories of the Far East about the life cycle of the butterfly caterpillar as having their parallel in the weaving mill's art of transformation.
All of this harmonizes with his Värmland origins where simplicity has been combined with the pursuit of beauty – where recycling was a matter of survival but also a conscious aesthetic. Tor believes that in the weaving mill, not everything is what it seems – the magic of transformation is constantly present.
Opening Thursday, November 13th, 16.00. Welcome!
News in the gift shop
We have created a collection featuring motifs from the K. A. Almgren silk mill & museum's collections! The collection includes trays, coasters and bookmarks.
The fabrics of the collection are sample fabrics from the late 19th century and demonstrated different color schemes for speculating customers. Both fabrics are displayed in the museum's main exhibition.
The collection is available exclusively for purchase in our gift shop.
Exhibitions
The Factory
In our permanent exhibition on level 3, you can meet some of the women who have worked here and learn more about the silk shawls and everything else they wove or sewed.
Learn about the history of our silk mill. From the start in 1833, before the breakthrough of industrialism in Sweden, through the glory days, the decline, the expansion, the TEKO crisis and the restart.
In the museum gift shop
Historical silk from Duran Textiles
Duran Textiles produces fabrics with patterns from the 18th century. The patterns are found in the collections of various Scandinavian museums. In our shop you can buy both fabrics by the meter and silk headscarves.
Almgren's Washing Soap
Almgren's Washing Soap is the silk factory's own product, specially developed for efficient and gentle washing of silk. It is also good for washing other natural materials such as wool, linen and cotton as well as leather and suede.
Working life museum of the year 2024
K. A. Almgren silk mill & museum was 2024 awarded "Working life museum of the year 2024", by the Swedish National association for working life museums!
The announcement came as an unexpected, yet massively joyful, surprise for former museum director Anna Hedtjärn Wester and the staff.
- We are all very happy and honoured. The award is especially meaningful to us as the Almgren silk mill embarked on a long-term project aimed at developing the museum a few years ago. We wanted to shed light on women's stories within the textile industry, produce innovating educational activities for schools, and preserve the knowledge in weaving on the Jacquard looms for the future.
