In 1987, Arts Council Norway initiated the creation of a plan for the protection of machines, facilities and sites from the extensive knitwear industry in Hordaland, and through the County Conservator a survey was made of sites for weaving mills and knitwear factories in the county.

The latter would go on to become "Kveldheim", a nursing home for former workers and now houses the administrative offices for the Museum Centre in Hordaland.

The museum has clothes and textiles produced at the factory in Salhus, including the underwear brand Krone Maco, and other textile-related objects and documentation in its collections.

[4] The Textile Industry Museum has a large collection of machines for various processes in the production of knitted textiles, washing, dyeing, carding, spinning, winding, and knitting, to cutting, sewing, quality control, and packing.

The Textile Industry Museum offers guided tours of Salhus Tricotagefabrik, following the production line in the factory from wool to finished garments, via carding, spinning, knitting and sewing.

Here you will also find The Conservation Department, The Cultural Heritage Service in Nordhordland, and the museum administration.