Museum store
Welcome to our store!
Here you will find silk scarves, silk ties and silk by the metre. We also have books, magazines and postcards, and of course our own silk washing soap!
You can find the store in the entrance on floor 1.
Almgren's washing soap
We sell our popular washing soap in our store.
Almgren's washing soap is K. A. Almgren silk mills own product, specially developed for efficient and gentle washing of silk.
Handwoven silk shawls from K. A. Almgren silk mill
A collection of unique silk shawls was handwoven at the silk mill in the spring of 2023. The design is made by Åsa Pärson, master weaver and artist and the weaver, Ellen Christensson, is an apprentice of Åsa. The warp consists of hand-dyed Japanese silk ribbons and the weft of silk yarn in red, blue and green.
The shawls, 150 cm long and 19.8 cm wide, are for sale in the museum shop.
Recycled ties by Slipsfabriken
Historical textile from Duran Textiles
Slipsfabriken is a project with recycled ties by Studio Brieditis & Evans.
We have their tie knots, vintage ties and accessories in the museum store.
Duran Textiles produces Scandinavian fabrics from the 18th century. The patterns are found in the collections of various Scandinavian museums. In our shop you can by both fabrics by the meter and silk headscarves.
The patterns that inspired the silk shawls were drawn and woven sometime during the middle of the 19th century, probably at K. A. Almgren's silk mill.