History of cotton - Merseyside Maritime Museum 24 Sept '05 – 4 June '06

30 Jul '05

4 min read

Manufacture: archive films show working cotton mills and there is an interactive display about weaving. Audio points tell personal stories. Exhibits include printed cotton samples and models showing spinning and weaving.

There are different examples of how cotton is used around the world – a Peruvian headdress, an Amazonian club, a Hausa robe from West Africa and other examples of fabrics and textiles. Panels look at spinning and weaving, links between Liverpool and Manchester, cotton towns, conditions in the mills and the decline of Lancashire's cotton industry.

Made of cotton: This displays, cotton-made costumes from the 18th century to the present day. Modern T-shirts are displayed on a wall and there is another display showing a futon sofa bed and other cotton-linked items.

There are also T-shirts and denim jackets signed by celebrities, supplied by Jeans for Genes, the annual appeal which urges people to wear their jeans for the day instead of what they wear normally and make a donation to charity.

Learning activities in the exhibition include a children's trail using insect characters. The exhibition is linked to the International Cotton Advisory Committee 64th Plenary Meeting being held in Liverpool from 25 – 29 September 2005, which promises to attract more than 500 delegates to the city.

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