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16 and 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
Reduced rate 5.50 €, free for children.
September 2023
Saturday 16
10:30 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00
Sunday 17
10:30 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00
6 to 99 years old

Musée de la soie

Place du 8 mai, 30170 Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort
  • Gard
  • Occitanie

Learn the history and techniques of making silk, from silkworm to cloth, during a free visit of this museum

Travel to the prestigious sericulture past of the Cévennes, all the stages of the manufacture of silk thread are presented, and an archive film on sericulture completes the visit.
16 and 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
Reduced rate 5.50 €, free for children.
©Musée de la Soie

Travel to the prestigious sericulture past of the Cévennes, all the stages of the manufacture of silk thread are presented, and an archive film on sericulture completes the visit.

During the visit are discussed: the history of silk in Cévennes, its rise and decline, Louis Pasteur and the Pébrine, working conditions in the mills and social movements in the nineteenth century, the architecture of silk with the mills, the magnaneries and the cultivation of mulberry trees.

Types d'événement
Visite libre
Thèmes 2023
Patrimoine vivant
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Conditions de participation
Tarif préférentiel
Type de public
Tout public

About the location

Musée de la soie
Place du 8 mai, 30170 Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort
  • Gard
  • Occitanie
Museum for all family which allows to discover a breeding of verses(worms) to silk, techniques of unwinding of the thread(wire) and of the manufacturing of the precious cloth. Photo credit (c) DR
Tags
Lieu de culture, spectacles, sports et loisirs
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