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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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Puntaharju | The Finnish Forest Museum |
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Lustontie 1 | 58450 Puntaharju | Finland |
| Finland’s national forestry museum is located in the Puntaharju region in the south-east of the country, an area rich in woodlands and with a long history of working timber. The permanent exhibition... more >> |
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Pyrgos Tinou | Museum of Marble Crafts of Tinos |
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Panormos Tinou | 842 01 Pyrgos Tinou | Greece |
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Radzionków | Bread and School Museum |
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ul.Z.Nałkowskiej 5 | 41-922 Radzionków | Poland |
| The Bread and School Museum is not a typical museum. The exhibits are not displayed in show cases as in many other museums. No, here everything is easily accessible and visitors can actually handle ... more >> |
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Remscheid | German Roentgen-Museum |
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Schwelmer Straße 41 | 42897 Remscheid | Germany |
| Everybody knows what x-rays are, especially at the doctor’s or the airport baggage check. X-rays embody the spirit of human progress almost more than any other revolutionary invention. The man who d... more >> |
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Renazé | Slate museum |
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Butte de Longchamps | 53800 Renazé | France |
| Renaze, 90 m west of Angers, was an important centre for the mining and quarrying of slate from the 15th century until the last workings ceased in 1975. The museum was established around the headstock... more >> |
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Reykjavik | Vikin – the Reykjavik Maritime Museum |
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Grandagardur 8 | 101 Reykjavik | Iceland |
| The maritime museum in Reykjavik is situated in a former fish processing plant on the edge of the old harbour. Its displays illustrate many aspects of the history of the city and its links with the se... more >> |
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Reykjavik | Reykjavik Museum |
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Kistuhylur 4 | 130 Reykjavik | Iceland |
| Reykjaviks open air museum, 7 km east of the city centre, broadly follows the pattern established at Skansen in the early 20th century. It was opened in 1957 and consists of more than 70 buildings rem... more >> |
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Rijeka | Torpedo launching and testing station |
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Milutina Baraca 19 | 51000 Rijeka | Croatia |
| The Rijeka’s torpedo launching and testing station is place where in 1866 the first torpedo Luppis-Whitehead was invented and tested. Whitehead torpedo factory in Rijeka was the first torpedo ... more >> |
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Rochdale | Rochdale Pioneers Museum |
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31 Toad Lane | OL12 0NU Rochdale | Great Britain |
| The Rochdale Pioneers Museum exists to preserve the original store of the Rochdale Pioneers and to generate an understanding of the ideals and principles of the co-operative movement.
Toad Lane, Ro... more >> |
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Roeselare | Rodenbach brewery |
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Spanjestraat 131-41 | 88-00 Roeselare | Belgium |
| The Rodenbach brewery south of Roeselare is one of the best-known in Belgium and provides an enlightening introduction to that country’s notable brewing heritage. The tour includes the malthouse and... more >> |
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Rotterdam | Van Nelle Factory |
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Van Nelleweg 1 | 304 BC Rotterdam | Netherlands |
| The Van Nelle factory in Schiedam, a suburb to the west of Rotterdam, is one of the outstanding industrial buildings of the Nieuwe Bouwen, the Modernist style of the Netherlands.
The Van Nelle com... more >> |
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Rotterdam | Snuff and Spices windmills „De Ster and De Lelie” |
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Plaszoom | 3062 CL Rotterdam | Netherlands |
| The windmills together with the former residence of their first owners, the family Hioolen (now restaurant) and the former “karotten” factory are the last remains of the once blooming snuff indust... more >> |
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Rüdersdorf | Rüdersdorf Museum Park |
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Heinitzstrasse 1 | 15562 Rüdersdorf | Germany |
| The limestone quarries around Rüdersdorf, 26 km south-east of Berlin have over the centuries been one of the principal sources of materials for building the Prussian and German capital. Many of the c... more >> |
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Rumsiskes | National Open Air Museum |
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6S Neries Street | 56336 Rumsiskes | Lithuania |
| The open air museum at Rumsiskes is based on the Skansen principle, displaying buildings, largely of rural origin, from every part of Lithuania, on a single site. It was established in 1966, and opene... more >> |
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Rüsselsheim | Municipal and Industrial Museum |
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Hauptmann Scheuermann Weg 4 | 65428 Rüsselsheim | Germany |
| The foundations of industry in Rüsselsheim were laid by Adam Open (1837-95) who began making sewing machines in the town in 1862, and diversified into the production of bicycles and, from 1898 began ... more >> |
