Centralne Muzeum Włókiennictwa

Interactive Museum

This multimedia museum located in a renovated steam boiler house, in the inner courtyard of the White Factory, is the first interactive textile museum in Central Europe that enhances visitors' experience using the latest technology.

Multimedia exhibitions in the steam power station are prepared for an audience of all ages and include nearly 100 engaging applications, including a dozen films and animations. Visitors are welcomed by manufacturer Ludwik Geyer, who invites them to … work in his factory. The interactive museum gives visitors the opportunity to have virtual contact with the selected exhibits of the Central Museum of Textiles and learn the history of the textile industry, the White Factory and Geyer’s family (which hides many secrets). Many types of fabrics are presented, along with weaves and clothes that people wore in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Also, visitors can see the steam engine, a jacquard machine and a selfaktor at work, animated by modern technology. Visitors can get acquainted with the process of fabric production, from the planting of cotton to obtaining the final product. Walking along the trail of the textile industry, one can move back to the old times of  industrial Łódź.

The stay in the museum becomes more attractive thanks to a broad range of multimedia games, activities and quizes. One may create a tapestry of puzzle pieces, embroider a pattern on a napkin, complete evening or daily attire or segregate both raw materials for  textiles production and fabrics made of them. Museum visitors also have the opportunity to design their own fabrics and subsequently share them on Facebook, using a special touch-screen table. For younger viewers, we prepared coloring activities and arcade games enabling to play a digital, tennis-like match using balls of wool and yarn or “catch” the elements of the steam engine.  Undoubtedly, another attraction for the youngest of visitors are the interactive floors, offering education through play. One can check the knowledge acquired during the tour through short quizzes available in kiosks. Using the applications in kiosks, visitors can also view the map of the museum (facilitating sightseeing in the large complex of the White Factory) and send to friends a virtual postcard containing one’s own photo and self-chosen textile elements.

 Anna Nierychlewska

 
Translation: E.C.