Łódź and Tampere share an industrial and political past. Part of the Russian empire, the cities became major textile hubs crucial for Tsarist industrial economy.1 The cities were also Red strongholds. Historically, they can be seen as socio-economic “experiments” and “islands of modernization” within largely rural societies. Since the 1980s (in case of Tampere) and the 1990s (in case of Łódź) both cities have undergone substantial social and economic transformations connected with the collapse or decline of traditional industries. How do the two cities choose to represent their working-class heritage today? This essay compares how city museums in Tampere and Łódź represent their working-class history in selective and contradictory ways.

罗兹（źódź）和坦佩雷（Tampere）有着悠久的工业和政治历史。这些城市成为俄罗斯帝国的一部分，成为沙皇工业经济至关重要的主要纺织枢纽。1这些城市也是红色据点。从历史上看，它们在很大程度上是农村社会，可以看作是社会经济的“实验”和“现代化的岛屿”。自1980年代（以坦佩雷为例）和1990年代（以罗兹为例）以来，两个城市都经历了与传统工业的崩溃或衰落有关的重大社会和经济变革。这两个城市如何选择代表当今的工人阶级遗产？本文比较了坦佩雷和罗兹的城市博物馆如何以选择性和自相矛盾的方式代表工人阶级的历史。