Norwegian Can Museum

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Norwegian Can Museum
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The Norwegian Tin Can Museum ( Norwegian : Norsk Hermetikkmuseum ) is a museum in the Norwegian city ​​of Stavanger .

It covers the history of the Norwegian canning industry between 1880 and 1925 and is located at Øvre Strandgate 88 in the Gamle Stavanger district . It belongs to the Stavanger Museum .

history

In 1901, John Braadland bought the property as an old tannery in order to use it as a warehouse for his tin production. Due to the First World War , demand rose sharply, so that John Braadland SA expanded its production and converted the warehouse into a production location in 1916. Until 1901 the sardines were filled into the cans by hand. With a machine developed by Hans J. Reinert , the daily production could be increased from 600 to 800 cans. The machine is exhibited in the vicinity of the museum.

At the end of the Second World War , the company got into economic distress and had to enter into an association agreement with manufacturers other than Forenede hermetikkfabrikker (German: Works of the united canning factories ). The factory worked until 1958, according to other sources until 1950, but then had to stop working. The Can Museum opened in June 1982.

Exhibitions and facilities

The exhibition is dedicated to the means of production and products of the Norwegian canning industry. In addition to machines, technical drawings, products and archive materials, the museum has a collection of 35,000 different can labels. There is a historic conference room in the museum. In addition, a workers' house furnished in the style of the 1920s is part of the museum.

The museum has a café and a museum shop.

The Iddisklubben association, founded in 1987, is located next to the museum and is particularly dedicated to the collection of can labels, called Iddises, and related information.

literature

  • Véronique Mignot-Bari, Stavanger and its surroundings , Trolls of Norway 2008, ISBN 978-82-92868-08-9 , page 32.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the museum (English)
  2. ↑ Véronique Mignot-Bari, Stavanger and its surroundings , Trolls of Norway 2008, ISBN 978-82-92868-08-9 , page 32

Coordinates: 58 ° 58 '20.7 "  N , 5 ° 43' 30.8"  E