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Virtual Tour

Take a virtual tour of the museum's exhibits and spaces.


Click on the buttons below to learn more about the museum's collections of artifacts.
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Lobby & TV Viewing Area

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There are familiar names and well known information to be found in the Labor & Industry Museum exhibits. But it's the little-known information that is most surprising...Belleville machinists and patternmakers produced embossing presses capable of printing these beautiful advertising cards! The presses were shipped worldwide.
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In our TV viewing area, a 12 minute orientation video is available for viewing. Find out a bit about the struggles of the working class and the struggles of industry. The museum's area of interest spans the period dating from the end of the Civil War to the Great Depression.
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Pre-Civil War foundries cast all types of agricultural equipment. When the Industrial Revolution picked up speed after the Civil War, Belleville was ready!
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Two German-born candy makers founded Goelitz Bros. Confectionery in 1868...now known as Jelly Belly -- 40 yummy flavors! The book display at the right calls attention to the Learning Center which occupies the second floor of the museum. Research facilities include a software program that allows the visitor to view the museum's collection of photos, archives and objects at their leisure.

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