Musee Soieries Brochier

About

A must-see silk company Museum in the heart of Lyon! Discover the history of a great Lyon family that made its way in silk manufacture in 1890, with four generations, nine members of the Brochier family and several hundred thousand metres of woven and printed silk for the finest haute couture designers. Discover the dresses of Hubert de Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent and the creations for the greatest artists such as Miró, Calder and Jean Cocteau, testimonies of the strong links that unite the artists with the Brochier family. Discover how the Brochier companies adapted the Jacquard loom to for the creation of technical fabrics for the Concorde, the Venus balloons and how silk thread is now woven with optical fibres. The Museum is the essential point of a visit to Lyon that links heritage and history. Its shop, open to the public, offers a wide choice of silk and velvet squares 10O% made in Lyon.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 30 minutes