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Plastics Museum

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:20.
  • Artifacts
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Exhibit
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  • Industrial/Military Technology
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URL: 

http://www.sandretto.it/museonew/UKmuseo/default.htm

Excerpt: 

Close to the strictly-technological contribution given by Sandretto in the past 50 years to the development of plastics material processing, the Company promoted a series of cultural activities to provide the general public with wider and deeper information on this important segment of the industry. The most relevant achievement is the Plastics Museum of Pont Canavese, close to Turin, in northern Italy. This is the first Italian Museum of Plastics, and one of the main ones on a worldwide basis. The collection was initiated in 1985 and grew with the years, counting today more than 2500 catalogued pieces. Four years after the opening day, in June 1995, tenths of thousands of visitors have enjoyed the rooms of Sandretto's Plastics Museum.

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