{"id":5726,"date":"2019-02-14T11:47:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T10:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verket.utvsajt.se\/?page_id=5726"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:37:39","slug":"om-verket","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/verket.se\/en\/om-verket\/","title":{"rendered":"About Verket"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About Verket<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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What is Verket?<\/strong><\/h3>

The impressive old ironworks in Avesta are today a museum and cultural venue unlike many others, filled with unique experiences. Verket offers its visitors a mix of history, technology, art, and culture in the unusually well-preserved industrial environment. It features both permanent art installations integrated into the suggestively lit buildings and temporary events with music, theater, and lectures<\/p>

The Ironworks in Avesta is an industrial heritage of national interest. It is an unusually complete ironworks facility, even from an international perspective. Today, Verket features film, sound, and technology that playfully bring yesterday's reality to life, allowing visitors to follow the journey of iron ore to iron and steel. Every summer, Verket is home to Avesta Art, which brings together Swedish and international contemporary art of world-class quality, with a new exhibition each year. Guided public tours of the art exhibition are available every day, and on Saturdays and Sundays, there are also industrial history tours. Groups can also book private tours.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Is Avesta Art and Verket the same thing?<\/strong><\/h3>

No!<\/p>

Verket \u00e4r museet och v\u00e4rd f\u00f6r konstutst\u00e4llningen Avesta Art.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What happens in Verket?<\/strong><\/h3>

Guidade gruppvisningar av industrihistorien och permanent konst g\u00e5r att boka \u00e5ret runt f\u00f6r skolor, f\u00f6retag, organisationer och allm\u00e4nheten. \u00c5terkommande evenemang \u00e4r Lys & Rys, H\u00f6stsalong, roliga och inspirerande skollovsaktiviteter och i december h\u00e5lls den popul\u00e4ra Tomtemarknaden. I Corneliussalen, Verkets moderna kreativa verkstad och l\u00e4randemilj\u00f6, erbjuds aktiviteter och workshops inom teknik, matematik och kreativt skapande under ledning av utbildade pedagoger.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The history of Verket<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Om Verket Vad \u00e4r Verket? De st\u00e5tliga gamla j\u00e4rnverksbyggnaderna i Avesta \u00e4r idag ett museum och en kulturarena som inte liknar m\u00e5nga andra, fyllt med unika upplevelser. Verket bjuder sina bes\u00f6kare p\u00e5 en mix av historia, teknik, konst och kultur i den ovanligt v\u00e4lbevarade industrimilj\u00f6n. H\u00e4r ryms b\u00e5de permanenta konstinstallationer integrerade i de suggestivt ljussatta […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5726","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nOm Verket | Avesta Art<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"De st\u00e5tliga gamla j\u00e4rnverksbyggnaderna i Avesta \u00e4r idag ett museum och en kulturarena som inte liknar m\u00e5nga andra, fyllt med unika upplevelser. 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