The museum strikingly depicts how a family lived here in the 1930s. The wall and floor decorations of this museum reconstruct life in a workers' housing unit in the 1930s. With marbled, sponged or painted walls and floors, the illusion of a better life was created. The techniques, such as 'oaking with a lice comb' or 'marbling with chicken feathers' showcase the practical mindset and ingenuity of the past to give the dwelling a 'decent appearance'... The cité of Eisden is one of the most beautiful, best-preserved workers' housing units in the Coal Mining region. Wide avenues, half-timbering, gates, and hedges...
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Tel.: +32 89 77 56 26
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Address: Marie-Joséstraat 3, 3630 Maasmechelen
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