Guided tour: Silk ribbon. Capital, Art & Crisis

Museum.BL
Liestal, Switzerland
Museum.BL
This event is available in
German
What does the inconspicuous spinning thread of an Asian butterfly have to do with the rise and fall of an entire industry in the Basel region?

The exhibition shows life around the loom, the creation of ribbons and the importance of silk ribbon as a luxury and export item. Various examples of ribbons, woven at home and in factories, show the beauty of the fashionable silk ribbon. Two working looms are a special attraction: a shuttle loom controlled by punched cards (around 1900) and a needle loom (around 1970).
This text was translated by an AI.

47.48512, 7.735471

Address
Museum.BL
Zeughausplatz 28
4410
Liestal
Liestal, Switzerland
+41 61 552 59 86
Visit the website
E-mail contact
Tarif
Free entry with the Museums-PASS-Musées
Dates
On 03 November 2024
Sunday: 14:00-15:00
On 02 February 2025
Sunday: 14:00-15:00
Additional informations
Rollstuhlgängig
Museumsshop
Parkmöglichkeit
Cafeteria
Zug
Bus
Exhibitions in this museum
Collecting Makes Sense. (Work title)
Exhibition
Collecting Makes Sense. (Work title)
Liestal

The new permanent exhibition investigates the phenomenon of collecting things. The urge to collect is an ineffable passion for arranging objects in a specific pattern or order and hunting for ...

Männchen und Weibchen des Großen Paradiesvogels, im Hintergrund ein weiteres Männchen in Balzpose.Grosser Paradiesvogel. Lithografie von Joseph Smit nach einer Zeichnung von Joseph Wolf, 1873
Exhibition
In Search of the Bird of Paradise
Liestal

In search of the bird of paradise, visitors embark on a journey of discovery through the labyrinth of nature. They learn how collectors hunted and taxidermied birds from all over the world, encounter ...

Herbarbeleg Rote Pestwurz (Sammlung Archäologie und Museum Baselland)
Exhibition
Dittiblache & Hemmliglunggi
Liestal

Do you know the Bantöffelichlee, the Guufechüssi or the Määlbaum? Botanist Andres Klein and his co-authors have compiled 630 dialect names for 170 plants for their recently published book. And they ...

Fix it! Vom Glück des Reparierens
Exhibition
Fix it! The happiness of repairing
Liestal

Mending and repairing objects - regardless of their appearance - makes our everyday lives run more smoothly. And give us lasting moments of happiness along the way. Because as well as restoring a ...

Silk Ribbon. Capital, Art and Crisis
Exhibition
Silk Ribbon. Capital, Art and Crisis
Liestal

The silk ribbon industry that originated in the 16th century became the most important employer in the city and region of Basel. Silk ribbons from Basel were de rigueur in international fashion ...

Wild Basel Country. On the Trail of Flora and Fauna
Exhibition
Wild Basel Country. On the Trail of Flora and Fauna
Liestal

There's a blossoming, growing, crawling and flying - and we humans are in the midst of it. Nature is everywhere. Whether in the service lane or in dead wood - life often seeks out curious paths. The ...