La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour
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La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour (La Fonderie, Musée bruxellois des Industries et du Travail, La Fonderie, Brussels Museum voor Industrie en Arbeid) is a museum of industrial history in Brussels, Belgium. It collects objects, documents and oral history on the city's industrial past, and showcases the working history of Brussels. It is managed as a non-profit 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. The museum is located at 27, rue Ransfort/Ransfortstraat in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, on the site of the former foundry of the Compagnie des Bronzes de Bruxelles (1854–1979), close to the Brussels–Charleroi Canal. This site is served by Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen metro station on line 5 of the Brussels Metro.
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