Calais · Pas-de-Calais
International City of Lace and Fashion, Calais
French name: cité internationale de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais
Free 1st Sunday
Free admission
- Free 1st SundayFree on the first Sunday of every month
Address
135 quai du Commerce, 62100 Calais
Museum opened in 2009 in the former Boulart lace factory, a brick building from 1874 given a glass façade by architects Alain Moatti and Henri Rivière. It operates working Leavers looms and traces the industrial story of Calais, the world capital of lace, through to its uses in fashion.
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