About The Aluminium Museum

The Aluminium Museum first opened in 2002, and is the only Norwegian museum that tells the story about Norwegian downstream aluminium production. The museum is located in the city of Holmestrand, who has housed an aluminium industry for more than a century. The museum is located in the oldest part of the factory, where the company AS Sveiseverket started up in 1916. The company was among the first knowledge hubs for this new metal and had an exclusive license to weld aluminium. Read more about AS Sveiseverket here.

Today, production is largely based on scrap metal. The factory is currently owned by the German recycling company Speira, and produces mostly semi-finished products for buildings and canned goods. Based on the history of the factory in Holmestrand, the Aluminium Museum's exhibition deals with the role of the aluminium industry in the modernisation of Norway and the industry's technological and economic development.

Background

The museum was established on the initiative of the Norwegian company Hydro, who owned the plant at the time. Former employees, supported by management, trade unions and the pensioners' association, and the Nord-Jarlsberg Museums prepared a project outline in collaboration. The Aluminium Museum is today a part of the Vestfold Museums. It is centrally located in Holmestrand with a facade facing the city.

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