The history of the collection dates back to the 1950s. In 1954, a legal decree was published on the preservation and protection of technical monuments, as a result of which some industries – including the textile industry – began to create their own museums, and some factories started to create their own collections preserving their past. This is how the Postal, Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Museums were created.
The creation of the collection presenting the history of the Hungarian textile and clothing industry was formulated in the early 1960s. In the middle of the 1960s, a textile and clothing industry exhibition was opened under the organization of the Textile Technical and Scientific Association (TMTE). The determination of TMTE professionals to create a domestic textile collection and the success of the first exhibition, the support of the Ministry of Light Industry, and especially the cooperation of industrial companies contributed to the initiation of the collection work. The collection was two-fold: on the one hand, it was aimed at finding the production tools and equipment, and on the other hand, archival materials representing the development and history of the textile and clothing industry. The ultimate goal of the collection was the creation of the Textile and Clothing Museum, where the objects and documents temporarily stored in factories and schools could be permanently housed and presented. Zichy Castle in Óbuda was first discussed as the museum’s home, but the idea was not realized due to the building’s fragmentation. The next planned museum building was the building of the unused synagogue in Óbuda. Part of the collection material was placed here and a temporary exhibition was organized in 1972. Due to its historical nature, the museum could not be built in the synagogue building either. So we had to look for another location. Finally, in 1975, the Ministry of Light Industry offered the disused factory building of the Hazai Combspinning and Weaving Factory in Angyalföldi (the former Első Gyapjúmosó) on Pannónia Street for the purpose of establishing a museum. Since the ministry could not provide the reconstruction costs, construction only started in 1982, then the technical handover took place in 1985 and the Textile and Clothing Museum opened on December 3, 1986, which on a floor area of 3,000 m2, 1,000 m2 had an exhibition space. The museum was operated by the Textile Research Institute, then its legal successor was the INNOVATEXT Textile Research and Development Company. His professional management was carried out by the National Technical Museum.
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