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Welcome to the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum. In the old Vemork hydroelectric power station. Surrounded by magnificent scenery, the beautiful building serves as a monument to the history of Norwegian industry.

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The power station was completed in 1911, and was then thought to be the world's biggest. It supplied power to the Rjukan salpetre works and, after 1929, to the Vemork hydrogen factory.
 
During the Second World War Vemork became an Allied target. It was essential to block German research into atomic fission by halting the production of heavy water at Vemork.
 
Learn about Norwegian industrial history and the occupation through exhibitions, film and interactive terminals.
 
Hydropower; Norwegian technology and engineering, and not least the hard work of the navvies and the factory workers, made Rjukan famous as an industrial centre. We will tell you about this pioneering age, about the rapis transition from agricultural to industrial society, and how social, cultural and political conflicts
                                                                          expressed themselves.
    

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Julekort.jpgNew exhibit: "The Industrial Worker" opens 1. May 2010

The Industrial Worker tells the story of five workers' everyday, working and social life from 1950 until the present day. When women started taking jobs as industrial workers during the 1960s, this led to changes in both community life and family structures.

Industrial workers' attitudes to issues such as solidarity and the environment have also undergone radical changes.

We hope that nobody leaves the exhibition without thinking about how daily life and life in general have been affected by the industrial worker's fight for rights. In many countries, the young generation of industrial workers are children. What should we think about that?
      

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NEW EXHIBIT "YOUNG7" OPENS 9. MAY 2010


Window to the future

Ung 7 is a travelling exhibition assessed by a jury. In Ung 7, attention is focused on the need to create and investigate freely without having to conform to marked demands. Ung 7 put greater emphasis on sustainable development and one of the important functions should be to create a forum for meetings between designers, the public and producers. Ung 7 shows a strength and desire to change and find news ways of expression.

Ung 7 is implemented in collaboration with Form/Design Center, Swedish Society of Crafts and  Design, Swedish Travelling Exhibitions and Stockholm Furniture Fair.

The project managers are Karin Wiberg and Mathias Swinge Forsberg


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