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Maison des Canuts Museum is a rewarding stop for art, history and curious minds. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Maison des Canuts Museum
In the Croix-Rousse district of Lyon, historic heart of the city's silk industry, the Maison des Canuts keeps alive the memory of the canuts — the silk weavers whose looms once filled these steep streets and whose revolts marked the history of 19th-century France. In this working museum, visitors discover the extraordinary story of Lyon silk, from the invention of the Jacquard loom to the daily life and struggles of the weavers, with live demonstrations on antique looms showing how the sumptuous fabrics that clothed the courts of Europe were made. The clatter of the shuttle and the beauty of the woven silk bring this heritage vividly to life. Fascinating and hands-on, the Maison des Canuts is a wonderful window onto Lyon's identity as the world capital of silk — an essential and human stop in the Croix-Rousse.