Museum of the College of Silk Art

The College of High Silk Art is one of the most outstanding buildings of Valencian architecture and culture, located in a very special area of the historic center of the city of Valencia, the Velluters neighborhood.

In 1686 the old Velvet Guild became, by privilege of King Charles II, the College of High Silk Art, the most important corporation that unites small entrepreneurs in the sector.

The building dates from the fifteenth century, is Gothic based and contains an important heritage wealth inside in the form of frescoes, murals and mosaics, especially in the latter case, the floor of FAMA. With its rehabilitation, promoted by the Hortensia Herrera Foundation, a piece of the tangible and intangible history of the city has been recovered, since the silk makers’ guild was a reference in the rest of the world and one of the engines of the Valencian economy. The archive of the College of High Silk Art is the most important in Europe and preserves a large number of copies from its beginning to the present in the form of scrolls, books and archive boxes.

This building began to be rehabilitated on November 10, 2014, and on June 18, 2016 it opened its doors.

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