Exhibition "The Men of the North"

Name: Exhibition "The Men of the North"
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Archives nationales du monde du travail

An exhibition of silver prints by photographer Louise Skira.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry

The exhibition features eighteen silver photographs by photographer Louise Skira, who brought together four former underground miners on their former mine site. Mirroring his work, the ANMT exhibits archives of former mining companies and Charbonnages de France.

Types d'événement

Exposition

Thème 2022

No selection

I agree that the image may be freely used, provided that it is attributed to the author by name and shared under the same conditions.

Conditions de participation

Gratuit

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.