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Adults

Visitors in front of the spinning machine

The Textilfabrik Cromford is the ideal destination for company and association excursions or tours with friends and relatives. We would also be happy to compile an individual programme for you.

Family examines raw cotton together

1. The Cromford Mansion and the First Factory

The guided tour with machine demonstration combines a visit to the mansion and to the “Hohe Fabrik” (High Mill) representing the work and living environments around 1800 and brings alive a fascinating epoch of political and economic upheaval. Highlights are the demonstration of the first spinning machines in the world in the factory and the impressive Garden Room in the mansion.

Age: from 14 years

Duration: approx. 1 – 1.5 hours

Price: 55 € per group plus entrance fee

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2. Topic-related Guided Tours

The living environment of an entrepreneurial dynasty in the early industrialisation period: Introduction to the working and living environments of the industrialist family Brügelmann in the Cromford mansion.

The first factory on the continent: Guided tour around the “Hohe Fabrik” (High Mill) with machine demonstration

Cromford’s Architectural and Art History: The middle class living and working environment at the end of the "Ancien Régime" with reference to architecture and art in the factory and the Cromford mansion.

Age: from 14 years

Duration: approx. 1 – 1.5 hours

Price: 55 € per group plus entrance fee

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View of Cromford Park with Cromford Mansion in the background

3. Historical Walk from Lower Cromford to Upper Cromford

Experience a journey relating to early industrialisation around 1800 through the idyllic Anger valley, passed the moated castle “Haus zum Haus”, the Cromford Textile Mill and Brügelmann family mansions.

Age: from 12 years

Duration: approx. 2 hours

Price: 70 € per group plus entrance fee

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