Dating back over three hundred years handkerchiefs, scarves and Macclesfield Stripe are just the best-known products of the East Cheshire silk industry. Three award winning museum sites in Macclesfield provide places to meet and experience the silk heritage and to see handlooms working on an original factory site. The Silk Textile Heritage Centre is housed within the former Sunday School. There is an award winning audio visual programme and silk costume and textiles illustrate the importance of silk to fashion and its use for special occasions. Just a short walk away and adjacent to Paradise Mill, the new Silk Industry Museum explores the properties of silk, design education and Macclesfield's diverse textile industries.

• Hands on interactives and video shows
• The Mulberry Tree restaurant at the Heritage Centre
• Guided visits to the loom shop
• Well-stocked gift shops
• Modern Displays 

Opening Times:Monday to Saturday 11 – 5pm and (at the Heritage Centre) Sunday 1-5pm
Closed Christmas and Boxing Days, New Years Day and Good Friday.
Silk Museum, Park Lane closed 31^st October to 31^st March

 

Qualities of silk garments

Hand loom

Handloom weaving at Paradise Mill

The Silk Museum and Paradise Mill, Park Lane, The Silk Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield
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Web: www.macclesfield.silk.museum
Telephone: 016245 612045