The Ecomusee du fier monde is a museum about the industrial and

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people of South Central

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, one of the city's oldest neighbourhoods. The museum is in the Bain Genereux, an

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former indoor public bath, modeled on one in

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and built in the 1920s. It is located at 2050 rue Atateken. The name translates to "Ecomuseum of the Proud People".

References

*Data taken from Magazine Musees Montreal 2008.09.

External links

Museum website
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