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 [...] 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 of plastics. In Rue René Nicod, 1km away, is a model

stables in the centre of the town of Mouzon in north-east France. A pioneering factory for the industrial production of felt textiles was opened at Mouzon by Alfred Sommer, a dyer, in 1880. He expanded

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 Optical [...] Morez claims to be the birthplace of the industrial production of spectacles when, in 1796, a nail-maker called Pierre-Hyacinthe Ceaux used wire to make frames for lenses. The history of metalworking at [...] clock parts using water-powered hammers on the River Bienne meant 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

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 [...] high-quality painted decoration (faïence). The workshops employed many skilled decorators. Craft and industrial producers still make ceramics in the town. In a former ceramics factory with an impressive new

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 carried [...] Royal Limoges factory, next to the shop. It was opened to the public by a local association for industrial history in 1992. It occupies three original stone buildings with tile roofs and large windows: [...] 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

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 to the finished fabric

to make large chains and in 1875 it employed 500 workers. It closed in the 1920s. The impressive industrial buildings have a water-power canal between them. The chain shop is 90m long. A museum displays

François Laurent, worked with an association of enthusiasts to save the complex as a monument to industrial heritage. It opened for visitors in 2004. The factory is in an attractive position on a wharf beside

Mining operations ended in 1993. Just four years later, a national garden exhibition transformed the industrial wasteland into a sea of flowers. Today, Nordsternpark is a modern service centre, lively residential

Originally a limestone quarry, iron ore was discovered here in the 19th century and led to the industrial revolution in Kleinenbremen. From 1883 until the 1960s, iron ore was mined here in several shifts

district of the city of Seville is a port on the Guadalquivir River that is traditionally associated industry, especially pottery. The Centro Cerámica Triana opened in 2014 on the site of a pottery that existed

18th century to deliver goods to the port of Santander. It was an important stimulus for the industrialization of Cantabria. In the valley of the River Beseya around Pesquera the road stimulated the construction

tools, trucks, a furnace and testing and measuring instruments. The history of the city and its industries and crafts is explored on the ground floor. On the first floor visitors learn about the history

exhibition of industrial archaeology. The long buildings and their tall chimney stand on a narrow peninsula between the river Nabão and a water-power canal. Other buildings in this industrial zone include

the municipality of Santiago do Cacém. It aims to preserve and disseminate the region’s rural and industrial heritage, including oral testimony, crafts and arts, customs, music and gastronomy.

This is a museum about woollen manufacture by both handlooms and machines in the towns of Mira de Aire and Minde in the 20th century. It is a small carpet factory that opened in 1933 called Tapetes Do

Campina de Cima mine then began exploitation using the pillar and stall method to supply the chemical industries. The highest annual production was over 124,000 tonnes of rock salt in 1989. There are now 35km [...] The mine is in the town, at the eastern end of Rua Combatentes da Grande Guerra. Visitors take an industrial tour with a guide at the full depth of the workings, following roadways past conveyor belts, cutting

own carpet projection, and demonstrations from volunteers with their own stories of working in the industry.

washeries, a power station and the vast network of railway lines add up to the very essence of an industrial landscape. At first sight Carreau Wendel looks like a typical coal mining site from the era between [...] museum in the immediate neighbourhood. In 2001 Carreau Wendel was officially recognised as a state industrial museum.

development. Among other things, visitors can learn about the history of the printing and chemical industries, sugar production, the processing of forest products and metallurgy. A large part of the exhibition