Hälleforsnäs Gjuterimuseum

About the museum

The Hälleforsnäs ironworks was founded in 1659 for casting cannons. Operations began on a small scale, with employees who lived in crofts and cottages around the site. Only in the 19th century, when the Celsing family had taken over, did the foundry grow into a modern industry and the community take shape. The railway was built and the station was placed close to the farm Näs, after which the place took its present name from Hellefors-Näs.

Many of the buildings around the works were added during the Celsing era, partly with the help of the architect Johan Fredrik Åbom. The works moved from cannons to agricultural machinery, wood stoves, fireplace stoves, pots and frying pans, and the milestones around Hälleforsnäs are cast at the works. In the early 20th century radiators were the largest product; from the 1920s to the 1980s it was pipe fittings, and thereafter components for industry and the railway.

Hälleforsnäs Gjuterimuseum shows workplaces, tools, objects made at the works through the centuries, photographs and much more. The museum is run by a non-profit association with around a hundred members. On the site there is also Kolhuset, a building of slag stone from the early 19th century with a freestanding timber roof structure, which in summer is used for theatre and music.

Highlights

• Tools, workplaces and products from the works since 1659
• The shop, with parts of the country store from Granhed
• Bandy exhibition
• Digital guided tour of about 1.5 km across the works estate
• Kolhuset, a slag-stone building from the early 19th century

Permanent exhibitions

• Handelsboden – Parts of the country store from Granhed have been set up inside the museum and give a nostalgic picture of an old rural shop.
• Bandyutställning – Exhibition on bandy with links to Hälleforsnäs.

Operated by

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Admission & discounts

Payment by Swish; donations can be put in the collection box in the museum.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is located on the Hälleforsnäs works estate; the tourist office in Hälleforsnäs can be reached by telephone on +46 157 43 09 96.

Amenities & dining

The Bruksrestaurangen restaurant and Smakgården are located on the works estate.

Events & venue rental

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