Workshop "Motte-Bossut: graphic factory"

Name: Taller "Motte-Bossut: fábrica gráfica"
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Archives nationales du monde du travail

Take part in a workshop of artistic creation around the textile and the history of the spinning mill Motte-Bossut repars with your creation!

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

Herramientas de registro

03 20 65 31 90 contact@roubaixtourisme.com

Children are invited to listen to the story of Louis Motte-Bossut and his spinning mill, to touch fabrics related to the textile and to realize their "Box'Factory": a set of colored bricks intended to give color back to the factory!

Types d'événement

Animation Jeune public

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit i Sur inscription

About the location

Archives nationales du monde du travail

78 Boulevard du Général Leclerc - 59100 Roubaix

Nord
Hauts-de-France

Building(Ship) builds in several phases: On 1864 (current hall of exhibition(exposure)) then 1866-1876 then 1891 and finally 1905 (2 crenellated towers marking the entrance(entry) of the factory on the boulevard). The national archives of the working world are installed(settled) in the old(former) cotton shadowing Motte-Bossuet, real castle of the industry mixing(involving) neo-medieval architecture and English industrial architecture of the XIXth century. Rehabilitation between 1989 and 1993 by the architect Alain Sarfati.