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Goods for the world. European Theme Route Manufacturing
Domestic handmade textile production was typical for the pre-industrial age. The father sat at the loom and the women of the family were responsible for spinning the yarn. An entrepreneur (in Germany he was called a "Verleger") delivered the raw material and organised sales, often over considerable distances. Textile manufacture was the leading industry in Europe: from the 16th century onwards it was basically organised on such a system. The first types of factories grew up in the 17th century, when larger groups of workers were concentrated in so-called "manufactories".
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Kristiansund | Norwegian Stockfishmuseum |
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MilnbryggaDikselveien | 6501 Kristiansund | Norway |
| Kristiansund lies on the island of Gomalandet on the west coast of Norway, 130 km south-west of Trondheim. The principal industry of the communities along the fiords and on the islands of this region ... more >> |
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Krujë | National Ethnographic Museum |
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Fortress of Kruje | 1501 Krujë | Albania |
| The city of Kruge in northern Albania is centred on the fortress of the national hero Georgius Kastrioti Skenderbeg (1405-68). A restored bazaar, dating from about 1800 when Kruje was part of the Otto... more >> |
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Kyiv | The Museum of Ukraine Folk Art and Rural Life |
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Chrvonopramorna Street | Kyiv | Ukraine |
| This is a Skansen type museum concerned with the history of the people of the Dnieper plains. It was established in 1969, opened in 1976 and now extends over 150 ha to the south-west of Kyiv. In commo... more >> |
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La Chaux du Fonds | International Watchmaking Museum |
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Rue des Musees 29 | 2301 La Chaux du Fonds | Switzerland |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds is the chief town of a district in the Canton of Neuchatel, and is situated at an altitude of 1000 m above sea level near to the border with France. It has been closely associated wi... more >> |
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La Granja de San Ildefonso | Glass Museum |
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Paseo del Pocillo 1 | 40100 La Granja de San Ildefonso | Spain |
| The historic glassworks at La Granja 10 km south-east of Segovia, stands close to the Baroque summer palace of the Bourbon kings of Spain, built by King Felipe (Philip) V from 1721. In 1727-28 an exis... more >> |
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Lage | LWL Industrial Museum Brick Works Lage |
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Sprikernheide 77 | 32791 Lage | Germany |
| How did people used to make bricks? Where did they make them? And who made them? You can find the answers to all these questions on the historic brickworks site of the Westphalian Industrial Museum in... more >> |
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Lauf-an-der-Pegnitz | Industrial Museum |
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Sichartstrasse 5-25 | 91207 Lauf-an-der-Pegnitz | Germany |
| The museum of industry at Lauf-an-der-Pegnitz, which lies 15 km north-east of Nurnberg, is concerned with life and work in industrial society between 1900 and 1970, but also with the earlier stages of... more >> |
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Leighton Buzzard | Leighton Buzzard Railway |
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Billington Road | LU7 4NT Leighton Buzzard | Great Britain |
| Sand is a universal building material throughout Europe but particularly pure deposits of sand, such as those around Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, are a valuable mineral resource, used in glasswor... more >> |
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Leiston, Suffolk | Long Shop Museum |
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Main Street | IP16 4ES Leiston, Suffolk | Great Britain |
| Welcome to the Long Shop Museum the home of the Garrett Collection and one of the first assembly line buildings in the world. The Museum, inaugurated in 1984, stands in the original 19th century works... more >> |
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Lengefeld | Limeworks Museum |
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Kalkwerk 4a | 09514 Lengefeld | Germany |
| Limestone has been extracted from the hills around Lengefeld, 23 km south-east of Chemnitz, since the 16th century. The burning of limestone to make lime ceased in the area in 1975, although cement is... more >> |
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Liège | Maison de la Metallurgie et de l´Industrie de Liège - Route du Feu |
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Boulevard Raymond Poincaré 17 | 4020 Liège | Belgium |
| The location and the building fit the museum perfectly: an old industrial quarter somewhat away from the centre of Liège, a disused sheet metal factory, which was set up by the Dothée brothers in 18... more >> |
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Limoges | Musée national Adrien Dubouché |
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8bis place Winston Churchill | 87000 Limoges | France |
| Deposits of china clay were discovered in 1768 at Saint-Yrieix-La-Perche near Limoges in the department of Vienne. The first porcelain factory in the area was opened in 1771, and taken over by the Sè... more >> |
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Linz | Upper Austria Regional Museum |
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Schlossberg 1 | 4010 Linz | Austria |
| The Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum is a very large institution whose statutes date from 1833. Since 1963 its headquarters and principal displays have b... more >> |
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Ljubljana | Brewery museum |
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Pivovarmiska 2 | 1000 Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| The Union Brewery in Ljubljana dates from 1864, and the museum, founded in 1986 by the company with the enthusiastic support of its employees, portrays its history and many other aspects of the manufa... more >> |
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Ljubljana | Tobacco Museum |
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Tobaèna ulica 5 | 1000 Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| The tobacco factory in Ljubljana opened in 1869, a large establishment that was part of the tobacco monopoly of the Habsburg Empire. The factory expanded in the following decades into a huge complex t... more >> |
