Legazpi, 45 km south-west of San Sebastian, is the main town of the Urola-Garaia region. Ironmaking has a long history in the area, but the industry was of particular importance from the mid-nineteenth [...] was formally constituted in 1997. Its objectives are to promote research into the industrial and ecological heritage of the region, and to promote its interpretation, both to those who live there and to [...] display is the Basque Iron Museum housed in a former iron foundry in Legazpi, where the history of iron is interpreted in technological, ecological and social contexts. The museum is also the starting point

The town of Seydisfjordur (until recently spelt Seydhisfjordur) lies 400 km north-east of Reykjavik. The technical museum that illustrates many aspects of the history of the region has three principal [...] Scotland and the rest of the world. Much of the original equipment remains, and displays illustrate the epic task carried out by a labour force of some 300 men of constructing a line of 14,000 telegraph poles [...] exhibits that relate to the industrial heritage. The mechanical engineering workshop of Johann Hansson was established in 1907 and used hydro-electric power for the operation of its machine tools. It was

thanks to the museum of mining. The round tour of the museum entitled "Between Men and Machines" gives a vivid picture of the strict hierarchy at the pit and the close intermeshing of the various working [...] they might have come out of the Middle Ages. Behind them are redbrick buildings which, because of their rich decorations, might easily be mistaken for churches or palaces. From one of the roofs emerges the [...] the slim and graceful steel frame of a pithead tower. It is immediately clear that the historical St Emanuel colliery in the former Belgium coalmining area of “Le Centre” is an architectural jewel. During

invention of Gutenberg, which transformed how knowledge and ideas could be communicated. It then explores the expansion of printing books and images in Lyon in the Renaissance. Changes in the Industrial Revolution [...] in printing, for example the invention of fast-operating presses, lithography and photography. This resulted in a huge growth in the diversity and quantity of printed products. The exhibitions also discuss [...] The museum was begun by the master-printer Maurice Audin in 1964 and celebrated its half century with a major renovation in 2014. It occupies the Hôtel de la Couronne, a Renaissance house that became Lyon's

on the history of the site and on the industrial heritage of the Auvézère basin, and are able to see the whole production line on which paper was produced. Payzac adjoins the community of Savignac-Lédrier [...] The paper mill on the Belles Dames stream in the valley of the Auvézère in the Dordogne was established in 1861, taking over the water-power system of a disused seventeenth-century ironworks. It used rye [...] ier, site of an historic ironworks.

streets of the only post-industrial settlement in Europe that has been 95% preserved. Żyrardów, Poland’s former flax capital, delights visitors with the richness unexpected in such a small town of its industrial [...] the villa of Karl Dittrich, Jr. located in the ‘most beautiful park of Mazovia’; and the renovated linen factory, where the past meets the present. The more than 200 historic buildings of this factory [...] rich cultural heritage. The many concerts, exhibitions, and theater performances offer something for everyone, no matter what his interests or moods. Testifying to the glorious history of the city are many

a part of the municipality of Kihniö around 100 km north of Tampere, houses the only museum which exhibits the history of industrial-scale peat production in Finland. The extraction and use of peat for [...] in the production of peat were first tested here. This also includes some not so successful methods, including the use of heavy Russian machinery. The museum presents a wide range of exhibits on the production [...] production and use of peat, as well as the history and development of the peat industry. The environmental management of peatlands is also addressed. Outside the museum, around sixty machines related to

typical pattern of everyday life in the north German Wool Combing and Worsted Spinning Mill in Delmenhorst. The huge industrial site covering more than 25 hectares of land was one of the largest of its type in [...] the Nordwolle Factory Museum housed in the ornamented red brick building of the old turbine house which used to be the central power station of the works. In the adjacent row of sheds visitors can follow [...] follow the process of turning raw wool into yarn – some of this on working machines – and learn about the history of the many women and men who more or less fell unprepared into the maw of this immense factory

gears tower over the redbrick gable of the Bois de Cazier colliery near Charleroi. The colliery has now ceased operations but in August 1956 it was the site of one of the most tragic accidents in European [...] European mining history; a disaster that killed a total of 262 workers. A major section of the colliery museum erected on the site is devoted to the accident. Surrounding this section are the miners’ changing [...] tram dating back to 1904, and even a complete sheet-rolling mill from the middle of the 19th century. The museum tells of the people who came here from all over Europe to earn a living under harsh, and

set within an expanse of woodland. Then, suddenly a red gorge appears: The Falun Mine. Once the world’s largest copper mine and today the heart of a unique historic industrial landscape, which was designated [...] designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. A path meanders around the mine and passes some cabins, which are dangerously close to the edge of the abyss, and were formerly used to drag the ore with a [...] a rope winch to the surface. More than one thousand years of the mine’s history are displayed in the local mining museum. Most spectacular is the coin cabinet with probably the heaviest and largest coins

remarkably genuine sound of crackling fire and bursting rock. The Rammelsberg Museum and Visitor Mine near Goslar stages 1,000 years of mining history; from the age-old method of mining ore by laying a fire [...] through a mediaeval system of galleries, to the thunderous roar of modern mining and conveying techniques during a trip on the colliery railway. A fine example of industrial architecture awaits visitors [...] accompanied by vivid sound effects of everyday working conditions. The mine was inscribed as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1992 – along with the former Imperial Town of Goslar.

The museum in Agia Paraskevi on the island of Lesvos,a site of the Museum Network of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group (PIOP), is located in a former communal oil mill, in which both a [...] restored to their original condition. The principal theme of the displays is the changes that the introduction of mechanical power brought to the process of oil-production. The principal phases in oil production [...] for displays that illustrate the unusual history of the communal mill and the development of mechanisation across the whole island. The subsidiary role of the mill, for grinding grain to produce flour, is

historical heritage of AEM (The Electric Municipal Company of Milan), one of most important energy companies in Italy, instituted in 1910 by the Municipality of Milan. Beyond the protection of its industrial [...] a journey of discovery of the extraordinary history of AEM from the origins of public lighting to the transformation into “Life Company” and its fundamental role for the industrialization of Milan, in [...] preserved in the old Piazza Trento Power Station, one of the most important place for the industrial history of AEM and great symbol of modernity of Milan.

1972. The last owner, François Laurent, worked with an association of enthusiasts to save the complex as a monument to industrial heritage. It opened for visitors in 2004. The factory is in an attractive [...] mainly to Paris. A large workshop built of timber with a tile roof has long benches beneath windows for working on the fine terracotta objects, many examples of which are displayed. Several presses for

packing and dispatch. An association to preserve the shirt-making heritage of the town was started in 1982 and the museum opened with the help of the local authority in 1993. [...] famous brands such as Pierre Cardin and Christian Dior. The museum is in Brillaud’s factory on the bank of the river Creuse: a U-shaped complex of three and four storeys with a garden in the centre. The [...] parts – one about the history of men’s clothing since the Middle Ages and the other about shirt-making. A complete workshop with videos and photographs shows the stages of manufacture, from pattern-making

impressive industrial buildings have a water-power canal between them. The chain shop is 90m long. A museum displays large-scale models, images and original artefacts to explain the site, the needs of the navy

claims to be the birthplace of the industrial production of spectacles when, in 1796, a nail-maker called Pierre-Hyacinthe Ceaux used wire to make frames for lenses. The history of metalworking at Morez since [...] beautiful new building of glass, the museum explains the technologies for making frames and the history of the workers in this labour-intensive industry. The important topic of vocational training is also [...] explored, from the first industrial college in the 19th century to the National Optical College. The fashion of French eyewear manufacturers is presented through an extensive collection of 2,500 objects. Displays

decorators. Craft and industrial producers still make ceramics in the town. In a former ceramics factory with an impressive new building alongside, the museum explains the history of local ceramic production [...] demonstrates techniques. The displays include reconstructions of workshops and a kiln packed with wares. Galleries show hundreds of examples of historical ceramics. There are many activities for children [...] The town of Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, between Le Mans and Angers, has produced ceramics for some 300 years. In 1747, Jean Loiseau founded the first earthenware factory here. He used local clay and firewood

Felt Museum opened in 1987 and was redeveloped in 2012. It occupies a former stables in the centre of the town of Mouzon in north-east France. A pioneering factory for the industrial production of felt [...] hair. The museum shows examples of felt products from different cultures, especially nomadic people in central Asia, including rugs, wall-coverings and clothing. It explains the processes of making felt

using working equipment of yarn preparation, handloom weaving and mechanised weaving. Many earlier examples of equipment are also preserved in the museum. Displays show the impact of the industry on the landscape [...] factory from the early 20th century in the small town of La Bâtie-Montgascon. It tells the story of silk weaving for over 200 years in the Duphiné region of south-eastern France, especially in the Rhône valley [...] landscape and the history of the exploitation of silk from the silkworm to the finished fabric and from China to Europe. A wide selection of products made from silk is also on display, including Damask