La Manufacture was created on the site of the former Craye textile factory and is a museum dedicated to the living memory and production of textiles.
We discover the history of textiles in Roubaix and the region through an exciting sensory experience. For an hour, we are shown how wool is first spun into yarn and then woven into fabric. Surrounded by historical and contemporary textile machines, we can follow the development of fabric production from the Middle Ages to the present day and hear the stories of the people whose lives and work are part of this textile history.
