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is dedicated to the preservation
and interpretation of the history and heritage of the American textile
industry. The museum is specifically interested in the history of
the people who worked and built mill communities in the Windham region
during the industrial revolution.
The focus is on the cotton thread
manufactures on the rivers of Eastern Connecticut in the late-19th
and early-20th centuries. The museum preserves two buildings of a
mill complex formerly owned by the Willimantic Linen Company, which
later became the American Thread Company.
The interpretive programs
examine the work and leisure of mill workers and their ethnic background
as well as the staff and managers and their role in the industrial
age. The Museum serves school children, students, and scholars pursuing
relevant topics, the general public and tourists visiting Northeast
Connecticut.
Vignettes of parlor settings are the focal point along with collections of Victorian china, silver and jewelry.
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