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Museo del Colegio Arte Mayor de la Seda(Valencia)

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The València Silk Museum is housed in the former headquarters of the Colegio del Arte Mayor de la Seda (Higher Art College of Silk), which dates back to the 15th century.

A visit to the museum also allows us to find out how silk came to València and the importance of this trade during more than three centuries. This cultural heritage can still be seen today in the traditional dress worn at València's festivals. You can see examples of antique working looms, the typical rows of shelves, or andana, where the silk worms were bred, the tools of the trade, silk cloth, antique garments, historical documents and so on. This valuable heritage gives the visitor an in-depth and fascinating explanation of València's three centuries of silk history.


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