Abegg Civic Silk Museum, Garlate

The Abegg Silk Museum, located in an 18th-century spinning mill on the shore of Lake Garlate, surrounded by a mulberry garden, exhibits discoveries, inventions, and machines for the production of silk from the silkworm to the fabric. It was established and inaugurated in 1953 by Swiss industrialists Abegg to pass down to industry workers and scholars the tools created over the centuries in the silk industry. This activity has had and still holds great importance both in the East and the West. Donated in 1976 to the Municipality of Garlate, it preserves a rich collection of machinery, displayed in such a way as to observe the main stages of production: silkworm breeding, cocoon reeling, silk twisting. It also has a space dedicated to weaving. The path concludes with a section dedicated to the future, presenting new research and applications of silk in the biomedical field, cosmetics, and in the production of new yarns.

The Museum offers dedicated interactive workshops and various educational paths led by expert trainers.