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Established | 2005 |
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Location | Middelstegracht 143 |
Coordinates | 52°09′36″N 4°29′54″E / 52.159949°N 4.498270°E |
Curator | Herbert van Hoogdalem |
Public transit access | From Leiden Central Station – Bus 5 or 6 to Leiderdorp – bus stop Hooigracht – Ir. Driessenstraat |
Website | [1] |
Museum Het Leids Wevershuis consists of one of the last remaining "weavers' homes" in Leiden, Netherlands. Built around 1560, the exterior, the large antique loom (1830) and the interior, are testimony of the once flourishing textile industry (and trade) around Leiden, in particular during the 16th and 17th century, when many home weavers supplied the draper's guild with high quality woolen cloth.