The museum centre Konsti includes Varkaus History Museum and Varkaus Art Museum and, as a new addition, Children's Factory, which lets kids explore the industry through play. In Konsti visitors can find [...] find the story of Varkaus’ 200 year old industry all the way to the future. Industry in Varkaus started from a small iron mill in 1815. It grew and expanded to multibranch industrial centre and today it [...] services for visitors from restaurants to accommodation. Museum Centre Konsti is also a cultural multipurpose building that presents Varkaus industry, culture and art. Konsti has space for the entire community

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

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

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

At Riihimaki, north of Helsinki, is Finland’s national museum of the glass industry. The origins of the museum were in 1961 but in 1980 it relocated to a former industrial building. This began in 1914 [...] spaces and elegant displays of the museum were created by the leading designer Tapio Wirkkala. The focus of the museum is on the three centuries of the glass industry in Finland. The ground floor presents [...] design. There are temporary exhibitions of historical collections and contemporary glass artists. The museum also houses a research library and archive. Nearby are other glassworks buildings adapted to new

purchased by the local authority in 1996. It became part of the MNACTEC network of Catalan technology museums and opened to visitors in 2009. Above the gate is a sign that says ‘Fabrica de Alcohol Vinico’. Inside [...] A new building contains interpretation to explain the techniques and cultural importance of the industry while the original buildings are preserved with the complete equipment of the distillery. Brandy

tile works and their workers and information about the continuing industry in the area. A complete tile kiln stands outside the museum. [...] The tile museum at the town of Onda, 50km north of Valencia, was started in 1968. It moved recently to a purpose-built and spacious gallery and was renamed for the Onda artist and ceramicist Manolo Safont [...] Safont (1928-2005). The museum is focused on architectural ceramics in Valencia. Onda is famous for its decorative tiles and ceramic murals and also for its decorated earthenware plates, bowls, jugs and

Musée Bolo is the Swiss Museum of Computer Science, Digital Culture and Video Games. It occupies Building INF of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Faculty of Computer Science and Com [...] Communications. The collection was begun in 1995 by the engineer, Yves Bolognini and it became a museum in 2002, now run by the foundation Mémoires Informatiques. The diverse collections include several thousand [...] 1980s and 1990s, the Cray-2 (of which only 29 were built) and the IBM Blue Gene. The Swiss computer industry is well represented, for example by the Lilith workstation created at the Zurich Polytechnic School

regularly and at least eight work every day for visitors to experience the sights, sounds and smells of industry. They were rescued from many sources, for example a Penn oscillating engine of 1879 from a paddle [...] ships’ radio rooms. A gallery is also devoted to vintage motorbikes. Run by dedicated enthusiasts, the museum opened in 2003 and has continued to expand to accommodate the growing collection.