Museum Het Leids Wevershuis

Het Leids Wevershuis
Het Leids Wevershuis, a small neck gable house
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Established2005
LocationMiddelstegracht 143
Coordinates52°09′36″N 4°29′54″E / 52.159949°N 4.498270°E / 52.159949; 4.498270
CuratorHerbert van Hoogdalem
Public transit accessFrom Leiden Central Station – Bus 5 or 6 to Leiderdorp – bus stop Hooigracht – Ir. Driessenstraat
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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.