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Archives Day at the City Museum – technology shifts and local history

Eskilskällan hosts Archives Day at Eskilstuna City Museum with film, yearbook presentation, historical photos and talks on Krutladan at Nyby, Munktell engines and the journey from agricultural data to AI.

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On Saturday 14 November 2026 from 11:00 to 16:00, Eskilskällan hosts Archives Day at Eskilstuna City Museum, focusing on how technological shifts have shaped everyday life and local history in Eskilstuna and Torshälla. Admission is free.

The programme opens with film screenings, the launch of this year’s journal and historical photographs of children. Afternoon talks include a 12:30 session on the gunpowder storehouse Krutladan at Nyby in Torshälla, a 14:00 lecture on Munktell’s transition from steam to paraffin engines, and a 15:00 talk tracing IT history from early agricultural computing to modern AI.

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