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Origin and history

The Fourmies-Trélon region is based on donations from local individuals and industrialists. Its collections, composed of more than 50,000 objects, machines and archives, illustrate the major economic activities of the territory: industries (including glass), agriculture, crafts and ethnographic traditions. This tangible and intangible heritage offers a complete testimony of regional life in the 19th and 20th centuries, with an emphasis on technical know-how and industrial change.

The Trelon glass site, integrated with the ecomuseum, is an exceptional industrial complex. It preserves the remains of two types of production: a bottled glassware and a bottled glassware, active in the 19th and 20th centuries. The workshop-glass museum, installed in the former oven hall (1823), exhibits emblematic equipment such as the Boetius (1850) and Stein (1920) ovens, as well as semi-automatic flasking machines. These material elements, combined with sound and photographic archives, reveal the economic importance of glassware in the region.

Ranked Museum of France, the ecomuseum is part of an industrial building of the early 19th century, highlighting the link between architectural heritage and workers' memory. The accuracy of its location remains poor (note 5/10), but its official address, 13 Rue Clavon Collignon in Trélon (North), makes it a central place to understand local history. The themes discussed — regional history, ethnology, science and technology — make it a multidimensional resource for researchers and the public.

The collections cover various fields: decorative arts (glass), paper and sound archives, photographs, ethnographic tools, and ancient collections. This diversity reflects the desire to preserve not only objects, but also the stories and practices that have shaped the identity of the territory. The absence of precise photographic credits (Creative Commons licence, unknown author) limits the traceability of certain visual resources.

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