Museum in Łódź

Central Museum of Textiles (White Factory)

A textile museum inside Łódź's landmark White Factory, telling the city's story through the fabric that built it.

Reviewed and updated July 2026

Central Museum of Textiles (White Factory) — Photo: Paweł Schmidt / CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons

What to see at the Central Museum of Textiles

The museum sets out the machinery, techniques and products of the industry that made Łódź, from historic looms to a large collection of artistic fabrics, with over 20,000 objects in total. It also hosts the long-running International Triennial of Tapestry, which has drawn textile artists from around the world.

The White Factory building

The museum is housed in Ludwik Geyer's White Factory, a classical-style mill of the 1830s that was the first fully mechanised textile works in Łódź and the first in the Kingdom of Poland to run on a steam engine. The building is a landmark of the city's industrial history in its own right.

The open-air weavers' park

Behind the main hall, an open-air section gathers 19th-century wooden weavers' houses and a relocated wooden church from Nowosolna, giving a sense of how textile workers lived before the great brick mills took over.

Frequently asked questions

It is Ludwik Geyer's early mill on Piotrkowska Street, the first fully mechanised textile factory in Łódź, and the building that now houses the museum.

Yes, an adjoining open-air park preserves period weavers' cottages and a wooden church moved from Nowosolna.

The museum holds more than 20,000 objects spanning the history and technology of textiles, including major holdings of artistic fabric.