Machine Tool Museum: 25th Anniversary

25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MACHINE TOOL MUSEUM

On Thursday 28 November 2024 the Machine Tool Museum will celebrate its 25th anniversary together with institutions and ‘Friends of the Museum’.

In fact, it was in December 1998 when the museum opened its doors to the public in an emblematic place for machine tools, Elgoibar and its district, Debabarrena, and it did so with a very clear objective: to show the history and evolution of machine tools through machines in perfect working order.

Aware of the importance of recovering and conserving some of the machines and, specifically, the most representative models manufactured by our pioneers, this museum was created with the aim of remembering our industrial history and making it known in a PEDAGOGICAL AND DIVULGATIVE sense, showing the technological evolution for the knowledge and training of present and future generations, through a permanent and historical exhibition of machine tools. At the moment we have 25 MACHINES THAT CAN WORK AND MACHINE PARTS, each and every one of them.

In addition to the aforementioned objective of heritage recovery and conservation, we would like to highlight these TWO OTHER OBJECTIVES:

  • To share with the visiting public an exciting story that also speaks of people: of women and men, of entrepreneurs and workers.
  • To stimulate the imagination of people of all ages with a spirit of innovation and talent, through the dynamic history of machine tools.

The planned event, to which the ‘Friends of the Museum’ community of companies and individuals, made up of more than 80 industry agents, has been invited, will be attended by official representatives of Elgoibar Town Council, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the Basque Government, as well as AFM cluster, IMH campus, and Danobatgroup, members of the Board of Trustees. Guests will be able to see different traditional trades live. The event will end with a networking time and a shared lunch.

We hope that this 25th anniversary celebration will mark the beginning of a new stage for the museum in which we can count on the support of all of you who have accompanied us during these first 25 years; we want you to continue to be part of its future.

 

  • When Nov 28, 2024 from 06:00 PM to 06:30 PM
  • Where Machine Tool Museum, Elgoibar, Basque Country (Spain)
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  • Contact Phone +34 943 74 84 56
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