:: The Textile Museum of Prato :: Opened in 1975 following a bequest of the collector Bertini its collections have expanded thanks to public and private contributions, gathering altogether a set of more than six thousand samples of fabric datable from the Fifth century DC up to now. Springing from a town set that from the Middle Ages keeps alive and continues its vocation for the textile industry - it is up to now the first museum entirely dedicated to the textile art and technology. It preserves a textile patrimony of great interest both for the quality and genre of the collections. , Via Santa Chiara 24 - 59100 Prato From Monday to Friday 10.00 - 18.00, Saturday 10.00-14.00 Sunday 16.00-19.00. On Sunday free entrance. Closed on Tuesday +39 0574 611503 Information -- per maggiori informazioni --