The Textile Industry Museum, Bergen

Name: The Textile Industry Museum
Address: Bergen, Norway

#60 among attractions in Bergen

Museum, Fashion museum

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The Textile Industry Museum is a museum in Salhus, Bergen, Norway. It is within the former knitwear factory Salhus Tricotagefabrik, a national industrial heritage site. The museum was founded in 1992, and officially opened in 2001. It focuses on education, documentation of and research into the Norwegian knitwear- and textile industry. In 2020 the factory buildings were protected by The Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 60°30'29"N, 5°16'19"E

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Åsane (Mjølkeråen)Bergen Norway

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The Textile Industry Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nordhordland Bridge, Salhus Church, The Norwegian Knitting Industry Museum, Salhusfjorden.

1.1 miN
Bridge
Nordhordland Bridge, Bergen
28 min walk • The Nordhordland Bridge is a combined cable-stayed and pontoon bridge which crosses Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and the island of Flatøy in Vestland county, Norway. It is 1,614 meters long, of which the pontoon section is 1,246 meters long.
0.5 miSW
Church
Salhus Church, Bergen
12 min walk • Salhus Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Salhus neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Salhus parish which is part of the Åsane prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
~140 ftSW
60°30'28"N • 5°16'17"E
The Norwegian Knitting Industry Museum, Bergen
1 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum
0.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Fjord
Salhusfjorden
17 min walk • Salhusfjorden is a 4-kilometer long fjord and sound between Bergen Municipality and Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. To the west, it starts between the villages of Salhus and Frekhaug, where the Byfjorden meets the Herdlefjorden.