Housed in the five-storey Perienes canning factory, the Museum of Labour opened in 1995. It grew from a collection dedicated to the world of work that was gathered by students in a project supervised by [...] spaces of the former factory are filled with display panels and objects. The displays cover local industry, domestic work, agriculture, commerce and especially fish canning and lithographic printing of packaging [...] The second exhibition traces the canning production process and displays artifacts relating to the industry, including a large and colourful collection of printed packaging. Testimonies can be read from workers

former fish factory opened in 2017 as a museum about the city of Fécamp and its fishing industry. It brings together pre-existing collections, including those of a museum created in 1899 for the fishery training [...] processed frozen herring until it closed in 1996. Visitors explore the evolution of the fishing industry from herring fishing in the middle ages to the exploitation of Newfoundland cod, together with subjects [...] processing. The story is presented through artifacts, models, photographs and interactive displays. The museum also has displays about history and archaeology, daily life in the region and fine art. A glass-sided

d after 1993 into a cultural and business centre with several museums. Galleries in the former factory halls show the history of industry in Lapua through photographs and artefacts and explain the man [...] The museum represents the history of the manufacture of firearm cartridges in Lapua. The State Cartridge Factory (Lapuan Patruunatehdas, or Paukku) was established in 1923 to support Finland’s security

Hat museum on the edge of the Pyrenees in France. The 300 m² museum shows the history of the hat industry in Espéraza, which provided work for around 2000 people in over 20 factories at the time of in [...] industrialisation. The museum focuses on both the social history of labour in the town and the history of technology through numerous machines. In a separate section, the museum displays a large number of

The Museum of Industry in Ghent dedicates a whole storey to textile manufacture because cotton was the driving force behind the industrial development of the city. Not for nothing is the museum located [...] well catered for with educational display cases and hands-on museum games with which they can test their skills. The top storey of the museum can be comfortably reached by a lift. From here there is a [...] splendid exhibition on the history of industrial society from 1750 to the present day . A tour of the museum introduces visitors to themes like child labour, the influence of industrialisation on social re

first glance. A visit to the Zeeland Industrial Museum reveals that the sunniest region of the Netherlands also has a lot to offer in terms of industry. Who would have thought, for example, that the glass [...] development of bioenergy? Sweets such as Mentos mints also come from here. It is no coincidence that the museum, which includes a steam turbine and a Art Nouveau-style switchgear at its heart, is located in an [...] mysterious instructions challenge children to embark on quests for hidden treasures. After all, as the museum's motto puts it, the most adventurous discoveries are made with your hands.

focal point of the museum. In the basement, where the textile tools are located, an entire production line is switched on, illustrating the century-old history of the Saxon textile industry by automatically

Eperon d’Or (the ‘golden spur’) is a museum in a factory of fine-quality shoes in the traditional centre of Belgian shoemaking. The company was started by Emiel Vandommele in 1863. It became the official [...] built in 1910 and an office in Art Deco style was added in 1930 by the architect Charles Laloo. The museum displays the whole production line of shoemaking in the 1950s, a large collection of beautiful shoes [...] stories of the workers and a hall of fame of local people. It also tells the story of another local industry, making hairbrushes and fine brushes for other purposes. Close by are the preserved steam engines

closed down in the 1990's. The museum is located in the former power plant building of the iron and steelworks. It tells the story of the Silesian iron and steel industry. The focus of the exhibition entitled

exhibitions and archaeological excavations. The trust runs several museums, it’s principal permanent display is the Basque Iron Museum housed in a former iron foundry in Legazpi, where the history of iron [...] In a one-of-a-kind place, an old factory has been reconverted into a museum which presents the relationship between art and industry as shown by the hand of Eduardo Chillida, one of the most famous sculptors [...] 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 century until the contraction of the Patricio

in the nineteenth century. The museum is in a factory that was built in 1795 on the site of an earlier corn mill. The exhibition traces the importance of the silk industry to the region, from the peasants [...] to the weaver’s loom. The vaulted cellars of the factory are a particularly impressive sight. The museum also has a shop with silk products, a tea room and the terraced garden of the factory owner.

of heavy Russian machinery. The museum presents a wide range of exhibits on the production and use of peat, as well as the history and development of the peat industry. The environmental management of [...] Aitoneva, 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 [...] of peatlands is also addressed. Outside the museum, around sixty machines related to peat production are located in the woodland, the oldest of which date back to the 1940s. The landscape created by peat

important centre for the plastics industry. Local farming families traditionally made hair-combs from wood or bone as a winter occupation. This craft grew into an export industry in the 19th century and the [...] well as research and education bodies. The museum, currently based in the Aragon Cultural Centre, preserves 16,000 objects and tells the story of local industry, the manufacture of combs and the technology

sewing-machines. At its peak 3,000 women worked in the industry locally, making products for famous brands such as Pierre Cardin and Christian Dior. The museum is in Brillaud’s factory on the bank of the river [...] 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.

it was well prepared for the new industry. Since the late 19th century the area has produced glasses on a large scale. In a beautiful new building of glass, the museum explains the technologies for making [...] 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

and firewood and traded from the port of the River Sarthe. Others followed him into the ceramics industry. They focused on earthenware goods for domestic use. In order to compete with other ceramic producers [...] ceramics in the town. In a former ceramics factory with an impressive new building alongside, the museum explains the history of local ceramic production and demonstrates techniques. The displays include

mechanised weaving. Many earlier examples of equipment are also preserved in the museum. Displays show the impact of the industry on the landscape and the history of the exploitation of silk from the silkworm [...] Damask cloths and stockings. Temporary exhibitions and cultural events are held. Visitors to the museum can also collect information to help them take walking tours of the local heritage.

The museum preserves an intact kiln of the world-famous Limoges porcelain industry. The Les Casseaux district was an important centre of the industry from the 18th century, close to the River Vienne, which [...] which carried fuel for the kilns. The museum is sited at the rear of the Royal Limoges factory, next to the shop. It was opened to the public by a local association for industrial history in 1992. It occupies [...] the kiln and the others are filled with displays about the history, techniques and products of the industry. The kiln was built in 1900 and is 20m high and 8m in diameter with eight firing portals. A chimney

replaced by a gas turbine power station which itself was demolished in 1995. The Peat and Colony Museum, created gradually since 1988, contains many buildings that show the new colonisation of the moorland [...] the mid-18th century to the early 20th century. It also shows the history of the peat extraction industry in the region. Some buildings are original, some relocated here and some reconstructed based on [...] typical colonist’s house, a smithy, a sawmill, a school and a well. The equipment from the peat industry includes large machinery – diesel-powered turf cutters, excavators and conveyors. A narrow-gauge

The Ribbon Weaving Museum began in 1989 and is now part of the Museum Industiekultur Wuppertal. In 2020 it moved to the Nordstadt district, where it is housed in part of a five-storey former ribbon-weaving [...] . Products on show include ribbons, labels, shoelaces and specialist items for sport, medicine, industry and personal protection. Visitors can go around with an audio tour or a personal guide.