Forssa Museum

Name: Forssa Museum
Address: Wahreninkatu 12 Kehräämoalue / Spinning Mill Area, Forssa 30100 Finland, Forssa, Finland
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Wahreninkatu 12 Kehräämoalue / Spinning Mill Area, Forssa 30100 Finland

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Forssa Museum is located in the middle of the historical Spinning Mill Area - the birthplace of our city! The museum has three different exhibitions: Permanent exhibition The City of Colourful Cloth, an Art Gallery and The Pattern Center that holds and showcases an extensive collection of Finnish printed fabrics and original designs. The City of Forssa was established around textile industry. Swedish born Axel Wilhelm Wahren (1814-1885) founded a cotton spinning mill by the side of Kuhalankoski rapids in 1847. The mill was soon followed by a weaving mill and Finland's first industrial fabric printing plant. In 1934 the Forssa Company founded by Wahren was merged with Finlayson textile group from Tampere and the company Finlayson-Forssa was formed. Textile production in Forssa ended in 2009. The heritage of the textile factories is now stored in Forssa museum's unique textile archives.

At a glance

Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes