The Abegg Silk Museum is located in an 18th-century silk mill on the shores of Lake Garlate, surrounded by a mulberry garden. It exhibits discoveries, inventions, and machines for silk production from the silkworm to the fabric. It was created and inaugurated in 1953 by the Swiss industrialists Abegg to pass on to industry professionals and scholars the tools created over the centuries in the silk industry. This activity had and still has 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 so that the main production phases can be observed: silkworm breeding, cocoon reeling, silk twisting. There is also a space dedicated to weaving. The tour concludes with a section dedicated to the future, presenting new research and applications of silk in the biomedical field, cosmetics, and the production of new yarns.
The Museum has interactive laboratories dedicated to various educational paths animated by expert trainers.
Information on days and hours
from Tuesday to Friday by appointment only for guided tours and laboratories
Saturday and Sunday 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM / 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
in the summer months 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM / 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
The Museum is closed
during the holidays of: New Year’s Day – Easter – May 1st – June 2nd – Ferragosto – Christmas
Information about the Abegg Civic Silk Museum
Via Statale, 490
23852 Garlate (Lecco)
0341650488
info@museosetagarlate.it
https://www.museosetagarlate.it
Source: MIBACT
