Museum of Textile Art

The museum showcases a unique private collection of fabrics featuring traditional and imaginative handicrafts from around the world.
In March 2007, the exhibition opened in the former rooms of an air-raid shelter and subsequently at the Borkowski Gallery in Hannover-Kirchrode.

The textile treasures that can be admired in the museum were brought back by collector Erika Knoop from her many travels - fabrics, scarves, shawls and dresses from different eras and countries. The exhibition is presented on two floors and around 400 square meters, hung freely, on the walls, as room dividers, on figurines, and only the most precious exhibits are behind glass.

Perhaps the oldest pieces include a wall hanging from 1670 from a Venetian weaving mill and a 400-year-old Venetian priest's robe.

Probably the most valuable exhibit is an ice-blue silk brocade with silver embroidery, which was made in St. Petersburg around 1880.

In addition to spectacular wedding dresses, the collection also features original dresses and costumes from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
They are displayed among floor-to-ceiling room dividers made of haute couture fabrics.