It is written TIM but it is read as “State Textile and Industry Museum” the exhibition space in Augsburg in Germany which, located inside the historic building of the Augsburg Kammgarnspinnerei (AKS), tells the story of the textile industry. An example of industrial archaeology, the TIM, inaugurated in 2010, takes visitors on a journey through time to discover the history of Bavarian textiles, from 1600 to today. In its 2500 meters it is possible to explore not only the world of materials, models and colors related to the production of fabrics, but also the technologies and machines related to production. The Museum is divided into three paths: the first explores the textile production process – from textile fibers, to spinning to weaving – the second tells the story of the workers and entrepreneurs whose lives have been shaped by the sector from the 29th century onwards, while the third focuses on the collection of the New Augsburg Calico Factory (1780s-1990) divided into over 1.3 million models of printed fabric.
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