Located within two fine Georgian quayside buildings. Uses sounds, smells and reconstructions to tell the story of the port of Lancaster, the Lancaster Canal, fishing and the ecology of Morecambe Bay. The

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

museum is situated in the reconstructed Boiler House of the Foxton Boat Lift. Opened in 1989, it tells the story of the Lift and the local canals, with extensive archives as well as objects from the site

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

the evidence of a mining settlement and a colliery. The Ferrería itself has turned to be a museum telling the story of the pioneers of the Spanish steel industry. Original machines and their replicas show

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

ire Film Archive for the showing of historical documentary films. On the ground floor the museum tells the story of the town from prehistory to the nineteenth century, and outside the building there is

has recently been restored to its former glory. The Engine is accompanied by an audio-visual show telling the story of the Engine’s life at Trencherfield Mill from 1907 to the present day. Additional on-site

visitor mine in the 1980s. Here guides take guests on a vivid tour of the underground galleries and tell them all about the arduous and hazardous work of the miners. Back on the surface, visitors can take

The settlement is like an open book. It tells the intricate story of the affluence and awakening of a once thriving industrial region. A gabled manor house here, an English-style country cottage there

but "blue spots" – that is lakes – on the map. Only the few remaining open-cast mining machines will tell the story of the extraordinary technical achievements that were essential for lignite surface mining

museum documents the proud history of early ironmaking and coal production in this valley. It also tells the story of the Hanbury family and features their unique collection of Pontypool and Usk tinplate

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

The mining museum in the historic town of Planá (also called Planá u Mariánských Lázní) tells the story of mining in western Bohemia since the 16th century for silver, lead, copper, cobalt, nickel, antimony

region, with the power plant symbolising a new, promising technology. The museum installed in it today tells the story of the Light Factory through the eyes of the working people. In a series of brief video

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.

1,000mm with steam locomotives but it was electrified in 1919. The museum, which opened in 2012, tells the story of the construction of the railway using maps, plans, photographs, films and artifacts.

concrete floors, steel columns and glazed roofs. An exhibition on suspended panels above the cars tells the story of the plant. One area is devoted to the history and development of engines. Cross-cutting

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 of plastics. In Rue René

From the modern entrance building on the surface, guides take visitors into underground galleries and tell them about the water cycle. Models and tools are used to show work in the sewers. The artefacts on