Brede Works

The exhibitions show the industrial development which has changed the everyday lives of the Danes over the past few centuries.

[1] Ludvig Manthey, who had until then owned The Lion Pharmacy in Copenhagen, served as manager of Brede Works and Ørholm from 1805 to 1811.

[2] Johan Carl Modeweg established a textile factory in Copenhagen in 1809, after he had accidentally become the owner of a couple of handlooms.

At the Factory you can experience the greatest female job of the 1800s which was the cloth mill with big machines and Dyeing.

In the exhibition The Machinery the visitors can work together along two assembly lines, which can produce ball bearings to the world market.

Around 1900 the textile factory had grown to a small community with homes, a crèche, school, shop and dining house.

A Virtual Experience at the Museum Each visitor is given an ActiveTicket, which tell the story of working life at the cloth mill, the growth of industrial society and the welfare state through new technology.