Holmestrand Aluminium Museum

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Nordic Aluminium Industry at Holmestrand

Holmestrand Aluminium Museum (Aluminiummuseet i Holmestrand) is located in a former factory of Hydro Aluminium AS in the centre of Holmestrand in Vestfold, Norway. [1] [2]

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Museum

Display

Holmestrand Aluminium Museum is a part of Vestfold Museum (Vestfoldmuseene) and opened in 2000. [3]

The Aluminium Museum displays the history of aluminium processing in Holmestrand since the foundation of A/S Nordic Aluminium Industry in 1917. Production commenced in 1919 and is still in full operation. The rolling mill came to form the major and dominant part of the business in Holmestrand. Under the trade name Høyang , the company produced a wide range of goods, the best known being cookware including pans, coffee pots and pressure cookers. [4] [5] [6] New items are constantly added, such as a 3-tonne piece of industrial machinery. [7]

In the winter of 2009–10 the museum was the site of a multidisciplinary educational programme for all ninth-year students in northern Vestfold. [8]

Norway's Digital Museum houses an online selection, mostly of cookware, from the Holmestrand Aluminium Museum. [9]

Visiting

The museum is open daily except Mondays in the summer season. It opens Tuesdays and Thursdays all year, and also on Sundays from mid-April to October. Guided tours are available. [4] The museum also houses the Holmestrand tourist information bureau, [10] [11] and has hosted an exhibit of photographs of the local mountain. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Aluminium museum". Vestfold Museene. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  3. ↑ Paulsen, Jan Åge (2010-01-14). "Med Bonytt i badekaret: Hun er nordfylkets eneste konservator. Hjertebarnet til Hanne Synnøve Østerud Butvillo (34) er Holmestrand Aluminium Museum". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  4. 1 2 "Holmestrand Aluminium Museum". Nord Jarlsberg Museum. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  5. ↑ Skevik Rønning, Helén (2012-03-22). "Made in Holmestrand: De aller fleste har en Høyang på kjøkkenet, men få vet at den er utviklet i Vestfold. Det vil Aluminiumsmuseet gjøre noe med". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  6. ↑ Mossestad, Silje Elise (2011-11-15). "Fra melkespann til bensintank". Byavisa Sandefjord (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  7. ↑ Paulsen, Jan Åge (2010-01-14). "Tretonns "dings" til museet: Det kommer fortsatt nye gjenstander til Holmestrand Aluminium museum. Det siste nå er at Hydro Aluminium har gitt en tre tonn tung stanse til museet". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  8. ↑ Gleditsch, Espen (2010-01-14). "Med aluminium i skolesekken: Holmestrand aluminium museum har de siste ukene vært fylt til randen av niendeklassinger. Som del av den kulturelle skolesekken har elevene fått prøve seg som ingeniører, direktører og arbeidere". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
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  10. ↑ "Holmestrand turistkontor åpner dørene". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). 2010-01-14. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  11. ↑ Munsterhjelm, Erik (2010-01-14). "Vil nå turister på nett: Turistkontor lokalisert i Holmestrand Aluminium Museum har vært en suksess. I tillegg ønsker nå stabssjef Widar Pedersen å utvide tilbudet med en egen internettside beregnet på turistene i nordfylket". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
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