A game of contradictions. Inside the medieval walls of the city of Prato, you can see a high chimney. It belongs to the ancient nineteenth-century factory ‘Cimatoria Campolmi Leopoldo e C.’, an industrial textile archeology monument, which today is the Textile Museum. From the most ancient fabrics (from the 3rd century) to textiles that come from as far as Yemen, to contemporary clothes and accessories. Don’t miss the artist's sketches and fabrics made by Giò Ponti, Pomodoro and Bruno Munari. And, of course, textile machinery and precious archives. It’s Italy’s largest cultural center dedicated to textile production - all in the heart of the Tuscan district.During the 2024 edition of ApritiModa it will be possible to discover: Walter Albini. The Talent, the Designer. A major exhibition that through more than 400 objects, many of them previously unpublished, including drawings, photographs, bijou, textiles and clothes, recounts more than two decades of production of an absolute pioneer of Made in Italy, stylist, noble father of ready-to-wear and total look.