Other museums are in preparation, including the Silesian Porcelain Museum in Tułowice near Opole, the Museum of Agricultural Techniques in Piotrowice Śląskie near Świdnica, the Railway Museum in Dzierżoniów [...] is mainly carried out by converting the object in question into a museum. Currently, the Foundation operates the Silesian Railway Museum in Jaworzyna Śląska - an ERIH anchor point - established in 2005 [...] Dzierżoniów as a branch of the Museum in Jaworzyna Śląska, and the former Hilbert flour factory in Dzierżoniów. The Silesian Cultural Award has been bestowed by the federal state of Lower Saxony since 1977

of monuments and museums that recount the success of railway transport in the 19th century as well as its further development. The České Budějovice (Budweis) horse-drawn railway museum in the Czech Republic [...] early indication that this was imperative is the DB Museum in Nuremberg, Germany, which dates back to 1882 and is considered to be the oldest railway museum in the world. [...] early days when rail vehicles still relied on horsepower, even for long distances. At Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry , located in the world's oldest surviving passenger station of 1830, the

including the ERIH Anchor Points National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, World Heritage Big Pit National Coal Museum in Blaenavon and National Slate Museum World Heritage Site in Llanberis. A number of five-minute [...] National Lottery's Heritage Fund Wales, and Steph Mastoris, Head of Museums at Amgueddfa Cymru, a charity that incorporates seven national museums and a collections centre based in different regions of Wales [...] examples of local industrial monuments. The following sites were presented in detail: Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery in Merthyr Tydfil, the castle-like mansion of former iron master William Crawshay II

of the ERIH member LVR Industrial Museum . Other members of the ERIH network, including LWL Museums of Industrieal Heritage , the Brandenburg/Havel Industrial Museum , Ferropolis Ltd , the BZI Berlin Centre [...] RVR, Member), Dr Kirsten Baumann (Director LWL-Museums of Industrial Heritage, 1st Chairwoman), Dr Walter Hauser (ERIH President and Director LVR Industrial Museum, Member), Jürgen K. Enninger (Head of Culture [...] foundation. Leading the way were the participants of the ERIH Germany Dialogue. In 2023, at the Nuremberg Museum of Industrial Culture , they adopted the Nuremberg Declaration on German Industrial Heritage, and

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

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

The Light Factory. Museum of Energy in Ponferrada, Spain, symbolises a new, promising technology: light as first application in the history of industrial power generation. Built in 1919, the thermal power [...] Ponferrada's general electricity grid from 1930 to 1971. The fascinating thing about the industrial museum is that it tells the story of the light factory consistently through the eyes of the people who worked [...] careful restoration, it is now considered a gem of Spanish industrial heritage. The National Railway Museum at Lousado , Portugal, also boasts a reputation as a precious relic of Portuguese railway history

ERIH Anchor Point National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia in Terrassa. It is affiliated with a regional network of 29 Catalan science, industry and technology museums (MNACTEC). While visiting [...] successful generational change and prevent the loss of extensive local and industry knowledge among museum experts, site operators and former employees. This is were the ERIH Young Professionals (YP) network [...] sites, ERIH President Dr Walter Hauser presented the membership certificate for the Regional Route to museum director Jaume Perarnau. The guided tour was part of the side programme of the PMG meeting, which

industrial culture help to create answers and find solutions? Can industrial heritage sites and museums be more than places of memory, focusing on the past? In what way can they provide a space to discuss [...] provide stimuli for a reimagined industrial culture. In addition to the presentation and mediation in museums in the light of digitalisation, participants will also discuss the question of what role art can [...] games, will be on display at the media art festival. They draw on the history of the 16 industrial museums operated by the two regional associations LWL and LVR and deal with topics such as power generation

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

Factory’ was the first fully-fledged textile mill in Poland. The site is now home to the Central Museum of Textiles and is considered one of the country's most impressive monuments of industrial architecture [...] insight into 200 years of everyday working life and textile history in Łódź. A special feature of the museum is the way it combines technical and industrial history with art, design, fashion, regional history [...] uninhabited Jaworzyna Śląska an important transport hub ever since the mid-19th century. The Railway Museum of Silesia uses a large number of historical rolling stock and a ‘steam locomotive route’ that follows

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

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

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

including the ERIH Anchor Points "Guido" Coal Mine and Queen Louise Adit in Zabrze, the Brewery Museum in Zywiec and the Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry. Other ERIH sites involved are the Zinc [...] Zinc Rolling Mill and the Nikiszowiec Workers' Settlement in Katowice, the Bread and School Museum in Radzionków and the Ignacy Historical Mine in Rybnik. All visitors are invited to join in discovering the

Two ERIH Anchor Points along the route are of particular importance: the German Technical Museum and the Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre . The former - characterised from afar by the "Raisin Bomber" [...] Bomber" on its roof, a reminder of the Berlin Airlift era - is one of the largest museums of its kind in Europe and interlinks Berlin's rapid technological and industrial history with its impact on urban [...] sites each shed light on specific aspects of Berlin's industrial history. The Herzberge Boiler House Museum , for example, represents the period towards the end of the 19th century, when the rapid increase

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

and company stories, collected by the Museum of Industrial Heritage . Another example was provided by René Capovin from Brescia's MUSIL (with the ERIH member Museum of Iron ), who illustrated the creation

insights into industrial heritage, the agenda includes work in a restoration workshop and in museums: how are museum objects restored, what stories do the objects tell and how can they be turned into an exhibition

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