{"id":4884,"date":"2017-09-29T14:27:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T12:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visiteidsfoss.no\/aktorer\/eidsfoss-industrihistoriske-samlinger-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:59:33","slug":"eidsfoss-industrihistoriske-samlinger-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visiteidsfoss.no\/en\/about-eidsfoss\/contributors\/eidsfoss-industrihistoriske-samlinger-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The EIS Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EIS Foundation (Eidsfoss Industrial History Collections) was established in 1990 with the aim of documenting, preserving and communicating the history of the Eidsfoss ironworks and the community that grew up around it.<\/p>\n<p>In the old warehouse building where the Eidselva river flows into Lake Eikern, you\u2019ll find the Ironworks Museum \u2013 often referred to as the Owen Museum. Here you can see examples of products from the ironworks and gain an insight into the production processes, the industry and life in the local community over more than 300 years.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibitions \u2018Glimpses of Ironworks Operations and Furnace Casting at Eidsfoss\u2019 and \u2018The Train to the Future\u2019 have been developed by Vestfold Museums, which also works to document and communicate Eidsfoss\u2019s industrial and cultural history. This work is often carried out in close collaboration with EIS, including through popular activities such as tin casting, talks and various programmes for the \u2018Cultural School Bag\u2019 scheme.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/vestfoldmuseene.no\/jernverket-eidsfoss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the museum\u2019s website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/visiteidsfoss.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stopeverksted-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10771 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/visiteidsfoss.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stopeverksted-1-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visiteidsfoss.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stopeverksted-1-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visiteidsfoss.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stopeverksted-1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visiteidsfoss.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stopeverksted-1-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visiteidsfoss.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stopeverksted-1.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EIS Foundation (Eidsfoss Industrial History Collections) was established in 1990 with the aim of documenting, preserving and communicating the history of the Eidsfoss ironworks and the community that grew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":4872,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pages\/template-partner-detail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4884","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The EIS Foundation (Eidsfoss Industrial History Collections) was established in 1990 with the aim of documenting, preserving and communicating the history of the Eidsfoss ironworks and the community that grew up around it. 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