south-east of France – also called the Musée de l'Aventure Industrielle – concentrates on the industries of the area. Three important industries grew up here based on three natural resources – fruit, ochre [...] with mining, processing and marketing of ochre are displayed. Finally, the museum traces the clay industries of Apt from the 17th century to the present, with hundreds of examples of pottery, bricks, tiles
cardboard from wood pulp. The use of wood instead of textile rags transformed the paper and card industries in the late nineteenth century. New mills were built in rural areas with good supplies of wood
included fluorite, barytes, galena and quartz, which had varied uses in the chemical and metallurgical industries. The mine had a vertical shaft and seven galleries with over 20 km of tunnels. The tour extends
exhibitions exploring the properties of silk, design education, Macclesfield´s diverse textile industries, workers´ lives and historic machinery. The Silk Museum follows the story of silk from its origins
ancient city of Lutsk in north-west Ukraine is an important industrial centre with a wide range of industries, especially mechanical engineering, chemicals and food. The Museum of Science and Technology and
In 1952, the factory was redeveloped by the German Democratic Republic as the state company Industriewerke Ludwigsfelde (IWL). It manufactured diesel engines at first but soon specialised in trucks and
stories of the river and the Juliana Cana (completed 1935), shipping companies, the sand and gravel industries and pleasure boating. The changes in the navigation of the Maas are explored from early times to
Elmshorn became an important industrial centre in the nineteenth century, especially for the food industries but also leather, textiles, ceramics and shipbuilding. The museum is in a five-storey former warehouse
vehicles is also displayed. Pavilion B traces the history of local industry up to and including the industries of the present day. It has a particular focus on the textile industry in Liberec since the Middle
The museum gives an insight into the living conditions of working people in the new industries of Finland from around 1900 until the 1960s. The forestry and papermaking company Tornator began a factory
Østerbro, where it cares for Denmark's national collections of the post and telecommunications industries, including the country’s largest stamp collection. Through sophisticated interactive exhibitions
half the working population of Wuppertal at that time were employed in the textile and clothing industries, of which ribbon weaving and braiding was an important part. The factory was owned by Villbrandt
potash is an important material for use as a fertilizer and in the chemical, textile and glass industries. Deposits of potash were discovered in the Alsace region at Wittelsheim in 1904. Development of
for example for pattern making, leather cutting, assembling, finishing and packaging. Ancillary industries that supplied footwear makers are also represented, such as leather tanning, heel-making and the
was a supplier to the many industrial companies in Ottensen, especially the food and luxury food industries (fish processing, cigar factories), but also to the large local companies (glassworks, metal industry)
for export. The company Eni now produces salt for food production, road gritting and chemicals industries. Guided tours take visitors through the workshops, carpenters’ shop, laboratory and Art Nouveau
north of the Val d'Abois shows the extent to which urban planning was influenced by the regional industries. Beffes has a rich tradition of cement-making: the gigantic cement works owes its origins to old
carried out, it was opened in 1996 as a house of industrial heritage by the association “Haus für Industriekultur”. It has been owned by the Hessian State Museum Darmstadt’s department of typecasting, typesetting
electrical and metalworking companies were established during this period. The toy and pencil industries, as well as the production of bicycles and motorcycles, were also leading in Germany in the 19th
