Museu da Seda — Attraction in Castelo Branco

The museum is located outside the center and near the central bus station. To access it you need to ring the bell and you'll be they'll open the door. The museum is divided into five rooms covering the history of silk and its production from the old age until present. In one of the rooms there is the specimen of silk worm in its different stages of life as egg, larva (in different stages), cocoon, and adult moth. The museum also exhibits different utensils used in silk industry besides presenting a timeline presentation of changes in silk industry in recent years with a more localized view. Moreover in the last section, a variety of final products like carpets, dresses and scarfs are presented with a slideshow of the silk usage in medical sciences. In the shop you can buy locally made souvenirs of with silk or local foods like nuts and wine. The staff were super friendly and the entrance is 2 euros. It is close on Mondays and is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to12:00 and...

The museum is quite small but very nice and is run by charity social organization, helping people with mental problems. Museum has a room with a short documentary about silk production which was interesting (it has also English subtitles). The exposition texts are in Portuguese only, but exponates are also very interesting. The museum employee was very helpful with...

Wow, what a gem! Beautifully put together. The kids also really liked it.

Note that the entrance is close to “Rotunda do Túnel” roundabout (North), not on Eastern side as Google Maps indicate....