place

La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour

History of BrusselsIndustry museums in BelgiumLabour in BelgiumMuseums in BrusselsMuseums with year of establishment missing
Fonderie Bxl
Fonderie Bxl

La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour (French: La Fonderie, Musée bruxellois des industries et du travail, Dutch: La Fonderie, Brussels museum van de industrie en de arbeid) is a museum of industrial history in Brussels, Belgium. It collects objects, documents and oral history on the city’s industrial past and visualises the working history of Brussels. The museum is located at 27, rue Ransfort/Ransfortstraat in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, on the site of the former foundry of La Compagnie des Bronzes de Bruxelles (1854–1979), close to the Brussels–Charleroi Canal. It is managed as a nonprofit organisation focusing on analysing and exhibiting the economic and social history of the Brussels region. It publishes a magazine, organises guided tours and provides educational activities. La Fonderie also houses a documentation centre open to the public.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour
Rue Ransfort - Ransfortstraat,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Phone number Website External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and LabourContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 50.8527654 ° E 4.3355535 °
placeShow on map

Address

La Fonderie, Musée bruxellois des industries et du travail - La Fonderie, Brussels museum van de industrie en de arbeid

Rue Ransfort - Ransfortstraat 27
1080
Belgium
mapOpen on Google Maps

Phone number
La Fonderie

call+3224101080

Website
lafonderie.be

linkVisit website

linkWikiData (Q20706201)
linkOpenStreetMap (1054279810)

Fonderie Bxl
Fonderie Bxl
Share experience

Nearby Places

Brussels Canal
Brussels Canal

The Brussels Canal (French: Canal de Bruxelles, Dutch: Kanaal van Brussel) is a section of waterway in Brussels, Belgium. It generally refers to the northernmost portion of the Brussels–Charleroi Canal (from the Ninove Gate to the Sainctelette area) and the southernmost section of the Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal or Willebroek Canal (between Sainctelette and the Vergote Dock).The Brussels Canal divides the City of Brussels from the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, forming the border between them. Previously (before the 19th century, when the canal was dug), there used to be a Willebroek Canal through which a series of locks eventually reached the Brussels harbour inside the city. There used to also be a small canal connecting the Willebroek Canal along the western portion of the city's old defensive walls to the two arms of the river Senne, which were later was covered over and the entire river redirected underground for its entire course within inner Brussels. In the 20th century, even the underground course of the river was altered and the city centre river bedding was dried, the water redirected away from the centre and moved along the western side of the Small Ring (inner ring road), thus also along the Brussels Canal. The Brussels Canal features several turning basins in its urban course. As part of multiple public works projects, including the covering of the Senne, excess water from the underground flowing river is drained into the canal.