La Manufacture Bohin
Musée de l'Aiguille et de l'Epingle
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle
Musée de l'Aiguille et de l'Epingle
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle
Development of the needle and pin museum in the classified buildings of the Bohin factory, the last European manufacturer of metal pins and needles
Project
La Manufacture Bohin, Musée de l'Aiguille et de l'Epingle
Location
Usine Bohin, 61300 Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle, France
Category
Museum
Opening
February 2014
Client
EPF Normandie – Communauté de Communes, Usine Bohin
Surface m²
1.000 m2
Scenographic cost € HT
700.000 €
Scope of work
Technical managementLighting designAudiovisual and multimedia engineering Show control CFO/CFA
Partners
Scenography : Atelier Confino
Architect : Jean-Marie Mandoux
Audiovisual production : Éric Breibart
Graphism : Idwiw
Audiovisual & Lighting Integration : Contact STE
Set builder : Prelud
Sculptor : Pablo del Castillo
What more derisory, more humble but a needle or a pin ? Yet, in the heart of Normandy lies in the middle of nowhere the last European factory, continuing the tradition formerly dedicated to this type of fabrication.
Some of the machines date back to the middle of the 19th century and the fabrication process has been described in Diderot’s Encyclopedia ! From 2015, the public is allowed to visit the working factory and then go to the Museum, with a particularly pricking content !
