zinc producer worldwide. The fascinating story of this rise is recounted in the Vieille Montagne Museum . Other centres of the zinc industry and zinc mining were located in Upper Silesia, South Tyrol and [...] later, partly because of air and soil pollution. Today, the site is a location of the LVR Industrial Museum and also hosts its headquarters. A unique ensemble of historic industrial plants in the midst of

this time – with three lectures on "Photography between Tradition and Innovation" at the Ernst Leitz Museum in Wetzlar. The Middle Hesse Industrial Heritage Days were initiated by the Middle Hesse Industrial [...] Working Group, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Participants in the event include museums and science centres, clubs and associations, companies and tourism experts as well as representatives

guided tours at ERIH locations include "Steel Giants in Twilight" at the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum, "Night Owls" with walk acts and a drone show at the The Henrichshütte Ironworks Hattingen, and "The

(1870-1937) Zillmann from Charlottenburg, which is also part of the ERIH network. Another ERIH site, the Museum of Metallurgy in Chorzów, provided the inspiration for Adolph von Menzel's socio-critical painting

monuments and museums in their work and helps to increase public interest in industrial heritage. Visits to a number of member sites were also part of the agenda. These include the Asturian Museum of the Steel [...] Ecomuseum in Ciaño and, of course, the two Anchor Points of the Regional Route, the Asturian Railway Museum in Gijón and the Sotón Mine in San Martín del Rey. The latter welcomes visitors with an exciting

irrigation systems and, of course, factories and power plants: 112 historic industrial sites and museums join the seventh "Days of Industrial Heritage on the Waterfront" for guided tours and demonstrations [...] with water always playing a major role. ERIH sites are also taking part, such as the German Salt Museum in Lüneburg or the Kaltehofe Elbe Island Water Art . Another exciting discovery is the Ewer "Margareta" [...] in the marshlands and that have only survived in this single building in the Rieck Haus open-air museum. The Rendsburg High Bridge provides a completely different highlight as it is one of the largest

The Immenhausen Glass Museum is holding a glass and porcelain flea market and is also hosting its current exhibition "Glass Art from Bohemia". At the Hessian Brown Coal Mining Museum in Borken, guided tours [...] Dozens of North Hessian museums, associations, initiatives and companies are involved. With guided tours, factory visits, exhibitions, hikes, experiments and open days, they breathe life into North Hessen's [...] using Hesse's largest lignite deposit to generate electrical energy exactly 100 years ago. The Thonet Museum in Frankenberg, which documents the transition from craftsmanship to industrial mass production in

For instance, fans of industrial heritage can explore historical fountains and (spa) baths on the guided tour "Schelche, Brunnen, Badespaß" ("Bowls, fountains, bathing fun") across Rüsselsheim. Its sc

attached to a historicist brick factory. Once again, ERIH sites are involved. The Brown Coal Processing Museum in the „Herrmannschacht“ Briquette Factory , for example, will be bringing the lignite industry to [...] and processing of bulk material into solid briquettes are all part of the exciting guided tour. The Museum of Printing Arts , on the other hand, revives several centuries of printing and media history with

and an exciting industrial museum. Also William Lever (1851-1925) provides adequate housing and social security for the workforce of his soap factory. The Port Sunlight Museum reveals who is maintaining [...] Alsace, and the Belgian ERIH Anchor Point and World Heritage Site Grand Hornu . In Italy, the MuCa - Museum of the Shipbuilding Industry , also an ERIH Anchor Point, is worth a visit, as is Nikiszowiec in

Madeira with stops at the only Portuguese pencil factory Viarco , the Museum of the Papermaking Region of Santa Maria and a hat res. shoe museum. Information about the conference and further news related to [...] of which exclusively showcases examples of best practice. Seeking closer ties between industrial museums, city councils and companies, the conference will furthermore include the signing of several agreements

Village , widely regarded as one of the best-preserved glassworks in Europe, and the Immenhausen Glass Museum . The very beginning of post-antique European glass production is marked by the Venetian island of [...] lead crystal, and witness England as a pioneer of early industrial mass production. Some of the museums focus on the hard working conditions of glassblowers, smelters, glass cutters, gilders and painters

of industrial heritage and nature worth protecting. Highlight of the ERIH Anchor Point National Museum of Iron Ore Mines in the small town of Rumelange, bordering neighbouring mining regions of Lorraine

heritage of western Leipzig. The Museum of Printing Arts, an ERIH site and always an exciting experience with its combination of a manufacturing workshop and museum, offers live machinery demonstrations

history of computer technology, the best place to visit is the "Digital Retro Park", an interactive museum and centre for digital culture. The issue of urban planning then and now is illustrated by the guided [...] European Quarter". The co-existence of past, present and future is particularly exciting. In the factory museum of the Motorenfabrik Oberursel, for example, visitors do not only learn about the manifold factory

Historic Silver Mine World Heritage Site in Tarnowskie Góry and the Brewery Museum in Żywiec . A total of 41 monuments and museums in 25 different locations are involved, offering 350 guided tours, attractions

structures atop the barrage of the Eder reservoir. A fascinating trail that starts at Kassel City Museum illustrates why the city's greater area is a centre of mechanical engineering today. How, apart from

anything other than narrow-gauge railways. This can be experienced on an almost five-kilometre-long museum train ride between Azpeitia and Lasao. Until most connections were closed down, the railway remains [...] armaments, consumer goods and cement industries. This is reflected, for example, in the Basque Iron Museum in Mirandoala Iron Valley , located in a former iron foundry in Lagazpi and illustrating the history [...] history of iron in respect of industrial, ecological and social aspects. At the same time, the museum is the starting point for several trails that take visitors to the monuments of industrial heritage. The

as a finale, provide a music parade to explore the opulent oeuvre of the Beatles. Bochum's railway museum is focusing on a slower pace this year, combining beer garden ambience with illuminated installations

have more to offer than mining history is revealed by places like the German Museum of Watchmaking in Glashütte or the museum in Schlettau Castle , which explores, with its passementerie workshop, a very [...] elements indium and germanium were discovered in the 19th century. The Freiberg Municipal and Mining Museum reveals the interconnections involved and highlights the remains to be experienced. Many sites in [...] address specific aspects of the region's mining history and thus create a diverse mosaic. Saigerhütte Museum , with its six-tonne, operational wrecking hammer, is all about copper processing, including the