Écomusée du fier monde, Social history museum in Centre-Sud, Montreal, Canada.
The Écomusée du fier monde occupies a former public bath building from the 1920s designed in the Art Deco style. The museum displays exhibitions about working-class life, industrial heritage, and neighborhood development through photographs, documents, and objects from daily life.
The building started as a public bath house built in the 1920s to serve factory workers living in this industrial neighborhood. It later became a museum to preserve and share the stories of working-class Montrealers.
The exhibitions tell stories of factory workers and their families who lived in this neighborhood, showing personal belongings and everyday experiences. Visitors see how people organized themselves and built community bonds during Montreal's industrial boom years.
The museum is located in the Centre-Sud neighborhood and opens Wednesday evenings until 8 PM, with regular hours Thursday through Sunday. The building is easily accessible and visitors can spend about an hour or two exploring the exhibitions at their own pace.
The bath house was a gathering place where neighbors met and socialized, which shaped the community in ways visible in the exhibitions today. The preserved architecture reflects how central this building was to neighborhood life beyond just providing hygiene facilities.
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