holds several examples. The collection also includes many racing cars including a 1938 Auto Union Type D.

include some of the museum’s rich collection of works of art, including the notable painting of the Duc d’Enghien receiving the capitulation of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) in 1646 by the artist Jean Tassell (1608-67)

Simplon Pass between Brig in Switzerland and Domodossola in Italy links the Rhone Valley and the Valle d’Ossola, providing links between France and the cities of northern Italy. The first road across the pass

naturally, opportunities for tasting. The museum belongs to La Route du chocolate et des Douceurs d’Alsace, established in 2007, which links together similar sites within the region.

in the years immediately after the First World War, but most were to prove short-lived. The raison d’être of the line was the transportation of timber from the forests through which it ran, but coal and

contribution of forests to reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Activities for children include a 3-d cinema, interactive sledge and raft rides and special guided tours and project days. The museum is open

found in many other air museums, a Douglas DC6 or C54, a Sud Caravelle from France, a Dornier Do28 D-1 from Germany, and a De Havilland Dragon Rapide and a Vickers Viscount from the United Kingdom. There

in the town, including Antonio Juan, Mariquita Pérez, Así, Berjuan, Famosa, Falca, Rauber and Nines d'Onil. The museum arranges visits to some of the local doll factories.

England in 1942-44 and used on railways in Britain until they were shipped to the Continent after the D-Day invasion in June 1944. Subsequently they worked in many European countries. Several are now preserved

established from the late 1830s on a site recommended to government by the surveyors J F Burgoyne, Harry D Jones and Richard Griffiths. It was connected to the Irish railway system by a branch line opened in

used in agriculture and as mortar and render in building. Conserving the kilns was the original raison d’etre of the museum, and visitors are now able to see four groups, the largest of them and 18-chamber

Bazacle was converted into a hydroelectric plant in 1888 by the joint-stock company Société Toulousaine d’Electricité to provide electric lighting for the city. EDF acquired the site in 1946. They opened it

in 1922 and the Maybach 12-cylinder tank engine. Also shown are children's scooters and bicycles. A 3D model of the IFA plant in 1992 makes clear its large scale: it had 4,000 employees and produced up to

and still uses water power. The mill is sited in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of the Monts d'Ardèche, in the valley of the river Glueyre. Some 15 silk mills once worked along the river. Moulinage

Romania’s technical museum was established in 1928 by the engineer Dimitrie Leonida (1883-1965), and has been located in its present building, a pavilion from the Bucharest World Fair of 1906, since 1

the production of cast-iron cannon, and was energetically developed by two other Walloons, a father (d 1652) and son (1622-95) both called Louis de Geer, who took over the works from the crown in 1641. During [...] specialised in the production of art castings under the direction of a German founder, C F J W Mertens (d 1882). A museum, open in the summer months, in a small 18th century building displays products of the

history of its own, Tellure offers an exciting combination of museum areas, interactive workshops, 3-D images and visits to authentic silver mines which have been carefully preserved in their original natural

(1864-1917). Other locomotives that were built in England but served extensively in Scotland include D49 class 4-4-0 Morayshire, built at Darlington in 1928, and No 80105, a 2-6-4T tank engine built at Brighton

a variety of designs, in brilliant colours and finishes. ‘Glass Revolution’, our state-of-the-art 3D theatre show hurtles you into an amazing journey through time and space! Experience how this one magical

Can you imagine taking a job that almost guaranteed that you’d be dead by 30? Yet in Redditch during the 1800s there was no shortage of takers. Why? The money. One guinea a day (equivalent to about £60