Manufaktura, Museum of the Factory

[1] The Muzeum Fabryki (Factory Museum) is situated within the Manufaktura complex which was built on the 30-hectare site of the industrialist Izrael Poznański.

[2] He followed the example of the Lancashire mill owners proving houses and a church and a hospital on-site for his workers.

In 1872 he built his first steam driven weaving shed for power looms on Ogrodowa street.

By 1903 the original tenement house was rebuilt in the form of the new Izrael Poznański Palace.

During World War I the factories were occupied, and on its conclusion the state nationalised the asset.