involved in various other ERIH projects. Other topics discussed at the PMG meeting included the call for proposals for a follow-up event to ‘WORK it OUT’ and preparations for the ERIH Annual Conference 2025 [...] 2025 in Chemnitz, to which the ERIH YPs will once again contribute their own workshop. The steering group was hosted by the ERIH Anchor Point National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia in Terrassa [...] and industry knowledge among museum experts, site operators and former employees. This is were the ERIH Young Professionals (YP) network, established two years ago, comes in. Jule Lux (6th from left, squatting)
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other countries in the ERIH network. Dr Hauser sits on the board of the new federal association as the representative of the ERIH member LVR Industrial Museum . Other members of the ERIH network, including [...] participants of the ERIH Germany Dialogue. In 2023, at the Nuremberg Museum of Industrial Culture , they adopted the Nuremberg Declaration on German Industrial Heritage, and one year later, at ERIH Anchor Point [...] association's board. ‘As ERIH community, we look forward to working together and creating meaningful synergies,’ stated Dr Hauser. The inaugural meeting was followed by the annual ERIH Germany Dialogue, a national
2023 founded network of ERIH Young Professionals. Interest in their exchange of ideas at regular round tables is growing, as the increasing number of members indicates. Other ERIH activities like the “European [...] debate. Furthermore, the successful ‘ERIH on Tour’ programme will be continued. Ongoing tasks remain the topics of digitisation and sustainability. To this end, ERIH is in constant dialogue with the Network [...] ons (NEMO) and the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe. Further cooperation is being sought. ERIH members will benefit from new digital platforms that facilitate the exchange of practical experience
along with a true-to-life ‘tunnel experience’ and famous rail travellers on the ‘Train of Destinies’. ERIH aricles in 'Industriekultur' (de): Einst Strom und Wärme, heute Wissen. Das Kulturzentrum EC1 in Lódź
many as 3 Anchor Points. In 2019, ERIH obtained the certification of the Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, which was confirmed by recertification in June 2023. ERIH Conference 2024 [...] questions we will jointly seek answers to when meeting in Łódź – says Dr. Adam Hajduga, Vice President of ERIH . During the three days of the event, nearly 100 participants from several European countries will [...] processes - both architectural and social - using our institution as the example. And during the ERIH conference, we will organize an audiovisual panel, debating the presence of film techniques in po
impressive spatial effect, albeit horizontal, is achieved by the Hall of the Century Bochum . Today's ERIH site made its glamorous debut in 1902 at the Düsseldorf Industry and Trade Exhibition. Decorated with [...] innovative enough for Kaiser Wilhelm II to attend the inauguration ceremony in 1899 in person. Today, the ERIH Anchor Point offers vivid insights into inland shipping and the canal system of the last 100 years [...] mines in the world entered the stage of the Ruhr region. Not long after its demise in 1986, today's ERIH Anchor Point began its unprecedented transformation into what is now one of the key monuments of
Once again, the Summer School was jointly hosted by ERIH, the Berlin Centre for Industrial Heritage (bzi) and the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Berlin. The participants came from a wide range of [...] students such a fruitful experience and enables the results of the Summer School to be applied in ERIH's work. This year, interesting ideas emerged for a more targeted way of communicating. These include [...] to their natural state – a project that is likely to underpin one of the workshops at this year's ERIH Annual Conference, deals. Another Summer School project group explored ways to raise awareness among
region and offers several routes to explore the site. Today, the Henrichshütte is just as much an ERIH Anchor Point as the Zollern Colliery , which was built between 1898 and 1904. The magnificent model [...] Thyssen had built in Duisburg's Meiderich district from 1901. One of the distinguishing features of this ERIH Anchor Point is the transformation of the massive former industrial site into a unique landscape park [...] Europe's largest indoor diving centre and many other attractions. The Hansa Coking Plant , another ERIH site, is representative of the many large-scale facilities constructed throughout the Ruhr region
Two of the winners, both in the category "Conservation and Adaptive Reuse", are ERIH sites: Ignacy Historic Mine in Rybnik, Poland : Decay and demolition of one of the oldest mines in the country after [...] Silesia, usually by converting them into museums. Two of the five museums currently being run are ERIH members: the Anchor Point Railway Museum of Silesia in Jaworzyna Śląska and the Walcownia zinc rolling [...] Choice Award. The winner of latter will be publicly voted for online – a great opportunity for the ERIH community to promote one of the four award winners presented above and thus to boost industrial heritage
up when we initiate and implement sustainability processes? We want to explore this question at the ERIH Annual Conference 2024. How do we move from "buzzwords" to concrete activities at the sites? Therefore
In its 15th year, INDUSTRIADA boasts an impressive success story: almost 950,000 participants have already visited the festival, running up to roughly 5,000 events at 46 venues in 29 cities in total.
in the skies above the ERIH Anchor Points Zollverein World Heritage Site in Essen and LWL Museum Henrichshütte in Hattingen as well as the Westerholt Colliery in Gelsenkirchen. ERIH Anchor Point Duisburg-Nord [...] "forbidden" places that reveal some of their secrets on the "Night of Industrial Heritage". For example, ERIH member Ewald Future Site in Herten offers access to extraordinary "lost places": guests are allowed [...] Hattingen also opens its doors for night-time explorers. Music attractions - such as "Back to the 80s" at ERIH Anchor Point LWL-Museum Zollern Colliery - complete the action-packed programme. Visitors only need
by René Capovin from Brescia's MUSIL (with the ERIH member Museum of Iron ), who illustrated the creation of the Po Valley Heritage Route, the first ERIH Regional Route in Italy.
competition features monetary awards for the dance groups achieving the highest number of likes. Many ERIH sites have WORK it OUT fixed in their calendars. Those who are new to the event, undecided or still [...] tutorial will have been finalised. We are looking forward to another amazing dance event at multiple ERIH locations across Europe.
The location of the meeting - the "Parco dell'Innovazione" (Innovation Park) with the ERIH member Officine Reggiane Historical Archive - is no coincidence. This is where company records are stored that [...] of memory. This is why historical reappraisal and participation are key topics of discussion at the ERIH Italy meeting, whether in person or online. When and where? 19 April 2024, Parco dell'Innovazione
Two ERIH Anchor Points along the route are of particular importance: the German Technical Museum and the Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre . The former - characterised from afar by the "Raisin Bomber" [...] campaigning for its preservation and offering exciting guided tours of the quarter. A number of further ERIH sites each shed light on specific aspects of Berlin's industrial history. The Herzberge Boiler House [...] Schultheiss Brewery - and today accommodates creative service providers and a diverse cultural programme. ERIH article in German magazine Industriekultur "Zeugnisse einer beeindruckenden Blütezeit"
methods, collaborate in developing new concepts and also have the opportunity to join a new pan-European ERIH Young Professional Network. The programme is aimed at students from various disciplines, including [...] at least their 2nd semester and who are enrolled at a university. The SummerSchool is organised by ERIH, the Berlin Centre for Industrial Heritage and the Department of Culture and Design at the Berlin
are proud that Sayner Hütte has joined the ranks of ERIH World Heritage Sites such as Völklingen Ironworks and the Zollverein Mine and Coking Plant." ERIH President Prof. Meinrad Grewenig, also Chairman of
professionals and volunteers at the ERIH sites. They are encouraged to take an active part in discussions and projects within the ERIH network and contribute their views on sustainability, climate change [...] The " ERIH Young Professionals' Network " was created at the suggestion of participants in the Industrial Heritage Summer School . It is aimed at young people, particularly students, but also young pr [...] conditions, accessibility, digitalisation and the design of industrial heritage. On behalf of the ERIH General Assembly, the Executive Board has developed a new membership category for 'Young Professionals'
