MEMBERS OF ERIH ASSOCIATION
Please find below the current list of ERIH members.
You can either see all members in Europe or select the members by individual countries.
New Abbey | United Kingdom
A beautiful two-storeyed mill dating from the late 18th century, built from white-washed local stone, with a grain-drying kiln and adjoining miller‘s house. The mill has been restored and brought back into working condition in order to demonstrate the milling process, and guided tours are available. ...
New Abbey Corn Mill
DG2 8BX New Abbey, United Kingdom
Shrewsbury | United Kingdom
This is really an iconic building of the industrialisation and a must-have-seen for everybody who is interested in the history of the industry: The 5-storey 55 m long red brick building at the northern suburbs of Shrewsbury was the first iron-framed building in the world. Together with Abraham ...
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings
Spring Gardens
Ditherington
SY1 2SX Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Southampton | United Kingdom
How is it that brickworkers were paid less when it rained? What is a green brick? And why was it crucial to handle wet bricks with the flat of one's hand only? Find the answers to these questions at Bursledon Brickworks in Southampton. The site which is now an industrial museum tells the whole story ...
Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum
Swanwick Lane
SO31 7HB Southampton, United Kingdom
Taynuilt | United Kingdom
Bonawe is a remarkably complete charcoal-fired 18th-century iron furnace. Opened in 1753, it is possible to trace the entire manufacturing process from the surviving components at the site. These include the lade directing water to and from the furnace from the River Awe, driving the waterwheel ...
Bonawe Iron Furnace
PA35 1JQ Taynuilt, United Kingdom
Trehafod | United Kingdom
They laboured like animals: bent double in the low galleries, their lungs full of dust, in constant fear of the walls collapsing, or a gas explosion. But despite all this, they were as proud as any farmer cultivating his own fields. For every collier was allocated his own particular underground ...
Rhondda Heritage Park
Lewis Merthyr Colliery
Coed Cae Road
CF37 2NP Rhondda, United Kingdom
Whitehead | United Kingdom
The award-winning Whitehead Railway Museum, head-quarters of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI), combines the past with the present and offers a unique visitor experience. Visitors will find five fascinating galleries wrapped around the existing RPSI railway workshops. You can rub ...
Whitehead Railway Museum
Castleview Road
BT38 9NA Whitehead, United Kingdom
Dresden | Germany
The industrialisation of Saxony is based on mining which already started in the 10th century, thus creating capital and early technological expertise – a history that is particularly told by historical sites in the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains). In the early 19th century textile processing became the ...
Düsseldorf | Germany
No other German region has as many important witnesses of industrial history as North Rhine-Westphalia. A tight network of more than 60 industrial museums and visitor mines, almost 200 museums and facilities presenting the industrial history of NRW, and an even larger number of industrial and ...
Essen | Germany
The Regionalverband Ruhr co-ordinates the Route of Industrial Heritage at the Ruhr.
Frankfurt am Main | Germany
Die Wenigsten denken beim Begriff "Frankfurt/Rhein-Main" an das industriekulturelle Erbe der Region. Dabei haben hier Unternehmen von Weltruhm gewirkt und ihre Spuren hinterlassen – und tun es heute noch: Von Aventis/Infraserv auf dem ehemaligen Hoechst-Gelände in Frankfurt, MAN Roland in Offenbach, ...
Gießen | Germany
The Central Hesse regional management association is the supporter of the Central Hesse Route of Industrial Heritage, which has been set up with the aim
to preserve and promote knowledge about the industrial past and present of Central Hesse to develop and strengthen the awareness of the ...
Oberhausen | Germany
Ruhr Tourismus GmbH (RTG) was founded with the aim of bundling product development, marketing and sales and developing an independent regional tourism profile for the Ruhr metropolis. The task of RTG is to profile the Ruhr Metropolis as a travel destination and to network the region's tourism ...
Dalmine (BG) | Italy
The Dalmine Foundation emerged in 1999, on the initiative of TenarisDalmine, with the goal of promoting industrial culture and enhancing the history of a business that has remained deeply-rooted in the territory for over a century and is now part of Tenaris, a global steel tube manufacturer. ...
Genova | Italy
inGE is devoted to encourage the awareness and knowldge of industrial heritage and culture in Genova and Liguria. The organization’s goal is to activate and promote projects able to enhance studies in the field, and knowledge of industrial architecture and local industrial tradition. Our belief is ...
Sesto San Giovanni | Italy
Fondazione ISEC was born in 1973 with the aim to collect, conserve and enhance sources and documents of the history of the Italian resistance movement, industrial companies and the labour movement. Fondazione ISEC has become a naBonal reference point for whomever interested in happenings concerning ...
Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg
The "Land of the Red Rocks" in the south of Luxembourg, owes its name to the bright red iron ore which dominates the landscape. The iron ore was undoubtedly behind the success of the steel industry in the Grand Duchy back in the middle of the 19th century. Former industrial sites were partially ...
Katowice | Poland
Silesian Voivodeship can boast the highest number of historic industrial buildings in Poland. The Marshal Office of the Silesian Voivodeship did bear in mind the significance of monuments for the history and identity of the region. A project consisting of creating a network of the most interesting ...
Ebikon | Switzerland
The 'Verband Industriekultur und Technikgeschichte Schweiz VINTES' (Association Industrial Culture and History of Technology Switzerland) is the umbrella organisation of private and public institutions involved in collecting, preserving and communicating in the fields of industrial heritage and the ...
Belgrade | Serbia
The Cluster of Cultural Routes links almost 50 cultural institutions, tourist organizations, civil society organizations, SME's and five universities, in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and the USA.
The goals of the organisation are:
The production and realisation of specific cultural-tourist ...
Gijón | Spain
The industrialisation of Asturia began in the mid 19th century when companies with foreign capital (above all Belgian, French and British enterprises) began large-scale activities in the region, especially in the areas of mining and iron and steel production. They were joined at the end of the 19th ...