[4] Thierry Huau and Francoise Le Noble Predine from Paris, played a major role in the redevelopment of the gardens to the building.

Le Noble brought wild silk from Madagascar and together with Mona Sader Issa helped to establish aMED, the Association of Memory and Development.

[2] Students of the Lycée Agricole et Horticole of Saint Germain en Laye in France and the Association have been responsible for many ecological projects in the village of Bsous and the pine forests around Beirut.

[2] Architect Jacques Abou Khaled, under the management of Sami Feghali were responsible for the redesign of the building into a museum.

[5] Exhibits demonstrate the process of "hatching" the silkworm, leading to the production of silk thread and weaving through all the various stages.