host of different industries, corn mills, saw mills and paper mills. The town museum was established in 1987 and moved in 2002 to its present building, a factory with a long industrial history that was [...] Papyrus paper mill, ceased working in 2006. The museum galleries tell the story of the various industries in Mőlndal, currently with particular emphasis on the Lindome furniture made in the town from the

Graphic Workers Union in the city. The project attracted strong support from former workers in the industry, and the first displays opened in 1990 were manned by a ‘group of eight’ ex-printers. The museum

Sciences et de l’Industrie is one of Europe’s most imaginative interactive science centres. It is also an outstanding example of the successful adaptation to new purposes of a large industrial building. The [...] in 1979 under the direction of the architect Adrien Fainsilber, and le Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie opened on 13 March 1986, when Halley’s Comet was visible. A particular feature of the conversion

Even in the second half of the 20th century the location of industry owed much to the enterprise of individuals, and the concentration of computer companies in Paderborn is largely due to Heinz Nixdorf

Few centres of wartime activity have had as much influence on the long term development of industry as Bletchley Park, a mansion adjacent to a railway junction, 60 miles north of London and now within

the achievements of the late 19th century industrial pioneers Guglielmo Marconi, R.E.B.Crompton and the Hoffmann Manufacturing Company who created global industries in the town. New hands-on exhibits vividly [...] century. Three railway viaducts dating from 1843 provide a dramatic background to Chelmsford’s industrial tradition.

mining. Enjoy sound and light shows as they show how the area developed to become the home of the Industrial Revolution and see how Singing Cavern, the awe inspiring cavern became a fitting backdrop for early

the Prussian court. The city became part of Poland after the Second World War and the Polish paper industry financed the museum project. Some objects and portraits relating to the history of papermaking are

The Klevfos museum, 20 km east of Hamar, is a conserved chemical wood pulp and paper mill, built in 1888, which once made 3000 tonnes pa of sulphate pulp that was used to make wrapping paper. Most of

displays tell the story of mortars from antiquity to the present day, with particular emphasis on the Industrial Revolution in the Basque country and the first cement factories in the region. The development [...] explained, and visitors have access through digital technology to an array of data relating to the industry. One section details the history of the Rezola company and its workers, and another analyses the

and is concerned with the social and economic history, urban, industrial and rural, of north-east England. Its most important industrial exhibits relate to the coalfield in which the museum is situated

blocks, metal and wooden type fonts and photographs, and also displays the products of the printing industry, books, pamphlets, magazines and posters. The collection includes one of the original posters p

machinery dating from the nineteenth century has been used to demonstrate the history of the woollen industry and the quality of French engineering. An annual Fête de la Laine is held in St Pierreville in August

Bromwich plant was used solely to make bodies for Jaguar. After further changes in the British motor industry, Jaguar is now part of Jaguar Land Rover Ltd, which belongs to the Indian Tata company. It has been

complex overlooking the Mersey Estuary, the museum allows you to discover the fascinating social and industrial history of Britains canals. Hop aboard and explore the narrow boat cabins to experience how families

Large objects from the collection of the National Museum of Science & Industry that cannot be displayed at South Kensingon are held at the former RAF base at Wroughton, Wiltshire, in six hangars and a

required finely-ground materials that when fired produced white-bodied wares. When the ceramics industry of North Stafford, around the present city of Stoke-on-Trent were at their most prosperous numerous

the answers to these questions at Bursledon Brickworks in Southampton. The site which is now an industrial museum tells the whole story from the digging of the clay to the firing of the bricks. The most [...] to ride a narrow gauge railway that once connected the clay depots to the factory. Not least the industrial heritage site boasts a large collection of brick making technology as well as bricks, tiles, land

Lancashire´s role in the industrial revolution. Watch the mighty waterwheel powering the stocks as they thump the wet woollen cloth. Discover famous inventors and international textile industry treasures including

metal from the industrial Midlands and wealthy landowners’ love of tapestries. These created the demand for weavers, the needle makers’ clients. Best of all, it made an easy cottage industry. Forge Mill was [...] and ‘pointers rot’, a lung disease caused by the dust. Redditch was the world centre of the Needle Industry in the 1800s, but today just one firm remains. In its heyday, the town manufactured 3,500m needles