Bruunshaab Gamle Papfabrik

Over het museum

At the dammed mill pond in Bruunshåb, a few kilometers south of Viborg, the manufacturing family Bruun founded a cloth factory in 1821, whose machines were driven by the water power of the stream. The business grew strongly in the early days of industrialization and is considered a cradle of the central Jutland textile industry; the factory's current main building was erected in 1909.

In 1916 the joint-stock company A/S J. Smiths Papfabrik acquired the site, and from 1920 cardboard was produced there under director Janus Smith. Many machines came from other paper and cardboard factories, especially from København. After Janus Smith's death in 1926, his son Oscar Smith expanded production and also supplied customers abroad. In the 1940s and 1950s the plant employed the most workers and received its biggest modernization; the family kept the majority of shares until 1976. The factory rooms have since been preserved largely in their 1950s condition.

In 1986 the foundation Fonden Bruunshåb Gamle Papfabrik was established; on January 5, 1987, the working museum was inaugurated and production resumed. Since then, staff and volunteers have processed waste paper into gray and colored fiberboard via edge runner, beater, cardboard machine, press, drying tunnel, and calender – with transmission shafts, belt drives, and special machines just as decades ago. The cardboard is made into boxes, suitcases, and folders, which are sold in the museum shop. Older machines no longer in use, such as a steam engine, a lacquering machine, and an embossing machine, can also be seen; since 2017 a box manufacturer has also been making its products in a side wing.

Hoogtepunten

• Cardboard production on historic machines in operation
• Factory building of 1909 at the mill pond in the Bruunshåb valley
• Older machines such as a steam engine and an embossing machine
• Museum shop with cardboard goods from its own production
• Make your own bread basket from recycled cardboard

Vaste collectie

• Produktionsgang – The path from waste paper to finished cardboard can be followed on the running machines – from edge runner and beater via cardboard machine, press, and drying tunnel to the calender.
• Gamle maskiner – Decommissioned machines such as a steam engine and dampening, lacquering, and embossing machines, partly in the museum, partly in the factory hall.

Opgericht

1986

Beheerder

Fonden Bruunshåb Gamle Papfabrik

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Members of the supporters' association (Støtteforeningen) have free admission during opening hours.

Toegankelijkheid

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

Kinderen & gezin

• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderfeestjes

In the Papsnedker workshop you can make your own bread basket from recycled cardboard for DKK 50. The pavilion can also be rented for children's birthday parties.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The factory is about 6 km from the center of Viborg.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop with boxes, small suitcases, folders, bowls, and cardboard sheets from its own production. In summer there are tables and benches by the stream for bringing your own food.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen

Tot 70 personen.

Bright pavilion for up to 70 people for celebrations, meetings, courses, funeral receptions, or children's birthday parties: weekend (Friday 14:00 to Sunday 18:00) DKK 4,700, full-day meeting DKK 3,000, half-day DKK 2,000; on request with a guided tour of the factory for DKK 700. No large parties with loud music or a lot of alcohol.

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