De Museumfabriek

The new museum is located partly in a renovated Rozendaal textile factory, in reference to Enschede's textile history, and partly in an adjourning new building designed by the Amsterdam-based firm SeARCH.

Suggestion to move the text below to a new Wikipedia page on the former Janninkfactory, as it has nothing to do with the current Museumfabriek: The fireproof mill was designed and built by Sidney Stott.

Stott, the Oldham architect, not to be confused with his cousins Stott and Sons, was a millwright who cooperated with most advanced textile machine manufacturers: the mill was handed over complete with power source, line shafting and all the spinning machines needed to spin cotton.

A central tower housed the engine and the water tank for the sprinklers; to either side were the three-storey mills with the large uninterrupted floors needed for mule spinning.

The 1900 build was laid out with 16 self-acting mules and 48 Asa Lees & Co ring frames giving a total of 30,000 spindles.