The Maison des Canuts is a living museum that reveals the richness and quality of the silk industry in Lyon and is the only place where manual looms, invented by Jacquard, are in use. Join a guided tour and you will find out more about the invention of Jacquard (with a weaving demonstration on a manual loom), the history of silk, the life of the « canuts » (silk workers of the 19th century) and how the regional textile industry has evolved since the late 20th century.