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SILK MUSEUM

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Place du 11-Novembre, 26770Taulignan, France Show on map
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2025
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A museum workshop retracing the history of silk and allowing to better know this ancestral activity in Taulignan.

Taulignan is home to a workshop-museum that takes you back in time. From the white silk unraveling from its cocoon to the weaving of the shimmering fabric, but also from the origins of the silk route. During silkworm rearing season, from May to September, the tour includes a visual presentation of this ancestral activity. You'll see a late 19th-century loom in operation, now restored and motorized. The boutique offers silks made by Lyon's silk artisans.

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Visited in november 2024
Musée qui vaut de détour. Super accueil, bien expliqué, machines fonctionnelles.
Visited in november 2024
Visite très intéressante, rappel passionnant du contexte historique local, machines artisanales impressionnantes, et bel accueil des propriétaires.
Visited in october 2024
Magnifique et très bien animé on a passé une visite super intéressante
Visited in september 2024
Très intéressant ????
Visited in september 2024
Musée relancé depuis un an par couple sympathique et dynamique de la région. Au rez-de-chaussée on apprend tout sur la soie (film et tableaux) avec la sériculture, la filature, le moulinage et le tissage. Au 1er étage, on trouve les machines pour faire la soie que l'on peut faire fonctionner ainsi qu'une exposition temporaire sur la soie en Thaïlande. A la sortie il y a une boutique où l'on peut acquérir un petit livre sur la soie fort bien documenté et rédigé par les gérants eux-mêmes. On peut aussi, après le musée, visiter le village voire faire le chemin de la soie (les plans du village sont disponibles au musée).

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