Neufchef. Here visitors can see what it was like to work underground, whereas the site in Aumetz tells them all about the surface work. It contains a forge, a workshop for repairing the compressors, an

to the industrial development of the area. There are restored limestone kilns with interpretation telling of the roasting of limestone for agricultural and industrial purposes. The site now makes an ideal

town of Merzig in a street called "am Seffersbach". It got its name from the Swiss citizen, Wilhelm Tell von Fellenberg who, in 1829, had married Rosalie-Virginie Boch, the daughter of a manufacturer in

The Museum tells the story of the social history of the Cynon Valley from 1800 to the present. Audio visual presentations in the gallery include films on the iron industry around 1830 and the Miner’s Strike

small gangways to tell visitors about water, the natural enemy of copper miners, all the way up to the “cathedral” built on several wooden stage areas. On the surface, text boards tell visitors about the

sections, it presents the history of mobility at the end of the 19th century, displays exhibits and tells stories about the overhead railway. The highlight is a virtual ride on the suspension railway in a

replaced by a steam-driven brickworks which operated until 1963. The museum was opened in 2003 and tells the story of the birth of mining in the Ruhr valley at the start of the industrial revolution.

the history of the Rotterdam Harbour. The collection is sub divided in themes and is presented in telling stories. It is an ‘open museum’ also accessible outside opening hours for a walk along the quay and

wagon dating back to 1898 brings their travels back to life once more. Of course the museum also tells of the work in the local brickworks. At first everything was made by hand here. It was only in 1922

operation. The waterland Neeltje Jans reveals a fascinating panorama along the gigantic barrier and tells of the age-old struggle between mankind and the sea.

exhibition in a new building built next door, the museum explains how clothes were made from wool and tells of the work which was needed to do this. Just as if you were looking over the shoulders of the workers

ports. Model ships and original wooden ships, paintings, documents and hundred of other exhibits will tell you more about slave ships and luxury liners, poverty-stricken emigrants and seafaring pioneers, of

interactive permanent exhibition focuses on the interplay between man, nature and the economy. It tells the social and economic history of the region and illustrates the profound changes that industrialisation

wear any special protective clothing. 14 former miners demonstrate the machinery underground, and tell visitors about their turbulent working life. But visitors do not only learn about mining: they can