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The Économusées/Artisans at Work Program

Location:
Québec
The Économusée/Artisans at Work program allows local artisans to turn their
businesses into small-scale working
museums in order to showcase their
traditional expertise. Founded in Québec in 1992, the Économusée® Network
Society has grown to be an international not-for-profit organization, with
branches across Canada, in Scandinavia and in the UK. The économusées are
primarily used to showcase fine crafts
and agri-food production, with the
goal of preserving intangible cultural
heritage through the use of traditional
economic practices as part of a modern tourist economy. Some examples
of économusées include the Cheese
Economusée at the Laiterie Charlevoix
in Québec, the Spruce Top Rug Hooking
Studio in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia,
and the Aurlandskoen Économusée
for shoemaking in Norway.

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