K. A. Almgren silk mill &  museum

Working life museum of the year 2024

K. A. Almgren silk mill & museum has been 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.

What's on

Stockholm Craft Week:
BOMBYX MORI - Toolness of the Loom 

October 2nd - November 2nd 2024 

During this year's edition of Stockholm Craft Week, metal artist and object maker Tobias Birgersson will exhibit at K. A. Almgren silk mill & museum. The exhibition will show newly created works that are inspired by silk weaving - but in slightly different materials than what we are used to here.

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Mari-Louise Franzén is the new CEO and museum director at K. A. Almgren silk mill & museum

As CEO and museum director at Almgrens, Mari-Louise will, among other things, ensure that the cultural heritage and knowledge of silk and silk weaving in Sweden lives on, at northern Europe's only remaining silk weaving mill, with looms and premises that have been used for more than 160 years. 

Mari-Louise has a long and solid background in textiles and crafts, both theoratically and practically.

The start of our apprenticeship in jacquard weaving

In the fall of 2023, we started "Almgren silk mill 3.0", in collaboration with the Academy of Crafts in Stockholm. For two years, three apprentices are given the opportunity to learn the entire production process from sketch to finished silk within the framework of Almgren's silk mill's business. 

Exhibitions

BOMBYX MORI - Toolness of the Loom

October 2nd - November 2nd 2024

An exhibition with works by metal artist and object maker Tobias Birgersson. Works consisting of coarser material than what we are used to at K. A. Almgren silk mill & museum, such as iron and wood; but nevertheless with inspiration from the silk mill. Guest exhibitor is Marcello Gustafsson Ferreira.

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The Factory

Our main exhibition shows silk shawls, jacquard looms and female workers in the textile and clothing industry from the beginning of the 19th century to today.

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In the museum store

Recycled ties by Slipsfabriken

Slipsfabriken is a project with recycled ties by Studio Brieditis & Evans. 

We have their tie knots, vintage ties and accessories in the museum store. 

Handwoven silk shawls from
K. A. Almgren silk mill

A collection of unique silk shawls was handwoven at the silk mill in the spring of 2023. The design is made by Åsa Pärson, master weaver and artist and the weaver, Ellen Christensson, is an apprentice of Åsa. The warp consists of hand-dyed Japanese silk ribbons and the weft of silk yarn in red, blue and green.

The shawls, 150 cm long and 19.8 cm wide, are for sale in the museum shop.

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.

K. A. Almgren silk mill in 1943

Film in Swedish about Almgren's silk mill produced by the Swedish Film Industry

The film is recorded in the silk milland shows the production of silk fabrics and ribbons from threads to finished fabric. You will meet some of the women who worked at the factory and Holmberg who was a foreman until 1948. Photografer: Albert Rudling.