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Our Visitors Conquer the Matchstick Museum

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From an online blurb: The Match museum Welcome to the world's only match museum, which is housed in a beautiful wooden building from 1848 that was the first match factory in the city. It is located in the beautiful building that once was the first match factory in Jönköping. In the museum, living match history is told. Encounter the people and machines that built up the match industry and developed it into a global operation. You will find an exciting film and thousands of matchboxes and labels. The shop has a wide range of matchboxes, labels, books and much more. Join us for an exciting journey from tree to finished match. If you´re lucky, you might meet Ivar Kreuger in person. Welcome to visit the Match Museum!   I'd just like to put it out there that we never met Iver Kreuger. He's the one who built the global match and financial empire.  He died in 1932 in Paris...maybe there's a g...