About La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour
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La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour is a museum about the Industrial Revolution 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 in Rue Ransfort 27 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean along a canal on the site of the former foundry ‘La Compagnie des Bronzes ’ (1854–1979). It is managed as a nonprofit organisation focussing 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.
