Musée Frédéric-Japy

Over het museum

Frédéric Japy (1749–1812) settled in Beaucourt in 1777, after an apprenticeship as a watchmaker in Le Locle. There he developed faster and less costly machine tools and mechanized the production of movements, alarm clocks and clocks. From 1806 he also produced screws and passed the business on to his descendants.

Under the impetus of the following generations, Beaucourt, which had been no more than a village of 263 inhabitants in 1791, became an important manufacturing stronghold of the Pays de Montbéliard. The diversification of products and their wider availability made the Japy name well known. Frédéric Japy remains the emblematic figure of early industrialization.

The museum, located on rue Frédéric Japy in former industrial buildings, is run by the town of Beaucourt. It traces this industrial story and regularly hosts temporary exhibitions.

Hoogtepunten

• History of Frédéric Japy and the industrialization of the Pays de Montbéliard
• Watchmaking, machine tools and screw manufacturing
• Beaucourt’s transformation from village to manufacturing center

Opgericht

1986

Beheerder

Commune de Beaucourt

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 4.147

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Single admission price of €5 for adults, according to the tourist offices of the area.

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