closed down in 1864 and has remained unaltered ever since. Since 1950 it has been open to the general public as an authentic legacy of the early industrial era.
marine environment. Since 2011 the centre holds an annual public event, the Gulf of Finland Village, when visiting research ships are open to the public.
of culture, science and services of an international standing in Tampere. Vapriikki opened to the public in 1996, and the building was fully ready as a museum in 2000. The total floor area of the museum [...] approximately 14,000 m2, half of which is devoted to exhibition facilities and premises open to the public. Vapriikki is housed in the old Tampella factory hall, whose oldest parts date back to the 1880s
The Eberhards began their collection of historical machinery around 1990 and they opened it to the public in 2010. There are around 100 construction machines and vehicles. Many are displayed against backgrounds
in 1968 and operates with restored steam and electric locomotives. It is connected at both ends to public railways and uses 3km of the Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans, which opened in 1902. The railway
style by Ferdinand Boberg. The museum explains public transport in the lives of Stockholmers for more than 150 years. The displays on several floors cover public transport on water, road and rail, by horse-tram
seen in the brick floors. The warehouse was stylishly designed by the architect Samuel Cookson as a public showpiece for the iron company in the Gothic Revival style. The museum is increasingly affected by
docks to the Lion steam locomotive built in Leeds in 1838 for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Public transport is represented by vehicles from the Liverpool underground, the overhead railway that served
The national postal collections were started in 1881 and were first shown to the public at the national exhibition of 1885. Together with telegraph and broadcasting material, the collections had a permanent
other industrial materials such as plastics. The Iron Library is a reference library open to the public. It owns many rare and precious books, including Newton’s “Principia”, “De re metallica" (1556 ff)
company CFR (Căile Ferate Române) in 1980. The collection began in 1991 and the site opened to the public in 1994. It includes 30 steam locomotives built between 1885 and 1959 as well as diesel and electric
Sardinia is an operational sea-salt plant and associated landscape that since 2018 are open to the public. In the 1920s the engineer Luigi Conti Vecchi reclaimed land in the Santa Gilla basin and created
vehicles. The collection was created by the industrial entrepreneur Dr Friedhelm Loh and opened to the public in 2023. The museum is a university campus for courses in car design and conservation. The facilities
on all floors, a nursery with 50 cots, a theatre for an audience of 1,000, a school, a laundry, a public swimming pool and, last but not least, a comprehensive social security system: the project that [...] Visitors can explore the central residential block with its large inner courtyard, Godin's flat, the public bath and laundry as well as the historic garden.
their own food and vegetables. The company gave great priority to public spaces and the interaction between the residents. A network of public streets, squares and green areas gives the housing estate a friendly
known as Hoogovens, is one of the main steelfactories in Europe. The complex is not accessible to the public. The Blast Furnace Museum has been set up outside the plant in the historic former pipeline building [...] admires the spectaclular scenery of heavy industry, this is a must-see. There are no facilities for the public. The complex can be viewed from different places around. The sea-lock complex next to Corus is opened
Greek islands tomato production declined. And the factory closed in 1981. Dimitrios Nomikos, now a public company, now has factories on the Greek mainland. The museum is in the company’s factory at Vlichada
arts and trades (Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers) was created, which was conceived as a public repository for ‘machines, tools, models, drawings, descriptions and books relating to arts and trades
its importance in the establishment of the state of Israel in 1947-8. Pavilion C is dedicated to public transport, with a particular focus on the history of trams in the region but also a display of buses
