Itinéraires culturels

The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas / Työväenmuseo Werstaan

Itinéraire culturel

• Route européenne du patrimoine industriel

Pays

• Finlande

Catégorie de membre

• Institution / ONG culturelle
• Musée
• Site patrimonial

Type de membre

Individual

Année d'adhésion

N/D

Contacts

Väinö Linnan aukio 8
FI-33210 Tampere

Tel: +358 (0)10 4209220
Website: www.werstas.fi
Email: info[at]tyovaenmuseo.fi

Personne de contact

N/D

Ville/Région du siège

Tampere (Pirkanmaa)

Ville/Région du site

Tampere (Pirkanmaa)

Localisation GPS du siège

61.501703, 23.759642

Localisation GPS du site

61.501703, 23.759642

Liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO

N/D

Label du patrimoine européen

N/D

Autres labels patrimoniaux

N/D

Description

The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas is dedicated to the lives of local workers, and illustrates their participation in politics and visual arts, as well as the role of trade unions, and the improvement of working conditions in factories. The textile section of the museum displays 25 machines and more than 3,000 items produced by textile workers in Tampere. The Museum is located in the original site of the largest Finnish company for cotton manufacturing.
The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas is an Individual Site of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

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