Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum, NIA / Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum, NIA
- Cultural Route
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- European Route of Industrial Heritage
- Country
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- Norway
- Member Category
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- Cultural Institution / NGO
- Museum
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
- N/D
- Contact Details
- Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum
Vemork
NO-3660 Rjukan
Tel: +47 35 09 90 00
Website: www.nia.no
Email: post[at]nia.no
- Contact Person
- N/D
- Main Town/Region
- Rujkan (Tinn, Vestfold og Telemark County)
- Site Town/Region
- Rujkan (Tinn, Vestfold og Telemark County)
- Main GPS Location
- 59.871488, 8.492086
- Site GPS Location
- 59.871488, 8.492086
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site (2015) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/1486)
- European Heritage Label
- N/D
- Other Heritage Labels
- N/D
- Description
- The site of the former Norsk-Hydro ASA company complex comprises hydroelectric power plants, transmission lines, factories, transport systems and residential quarters. The Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum documents the life of people who worked there, their everyday life and their trades union activities, and finally also the radical change caused by the closure of the works in 1971. The Museum is located in the Vemork Water Power Plant, which became the largest of its kind in the world when completed in 1911.
The Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
- Logos/Pictures
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certification logo
With the support of:
EPA HEADQUARTERS | EICR
Bonnevoie, Luxembourg
