first glance the Grappa Distillery Poli proves to be a place where tradition and craftmanship go hand in hand. For more than one century all sorts of Grappa are given birth and mature here. An exciting guided [...] that are able to create a large variety of flavours. Visitors can feel what it is like to grasp a handful of fresh marc – the residues of grapes left by winemakers serving as the basic product of the di

This museum in the north of Holland forms a twin milestone in Dutch industrial history. On the one hand it displays a huge number of original steam engines used in shipping and industry, most of which have [...] preserved thanks to the farsightedness of a private collector named Cees P. Jongert. On the other hand the old steam-driven pumping station “Vier Noorder Koggen”, with its complete inventory of machinery

samples by hand. There is also a display about workers and entrepreneurs in the industry. In the other building, the museum preserves the wool carding and spinning equipment of the factory, a wooden hand loom

is a centre of mechanical engineering today. How, apart from that, tradition and innovation go hand in hand is demonstrated by tours of operating plants in a variety of industries, ranging from state-of-the-art [...] Heritage for children and young people feature a very special programme called "Blue Sunday Junior". Hands-on tours, creative and technical workshops or experiments with old handicraft techniques enable children

in the German Damask and Terry Museum is probably the only functional hand-draw damask loom as well as the last surviving terry hand loom in Germany.

Middle Ages, when nails were forged by hand on the banks of the Meuse, and continuing with mechanisation powered by water wheels or animals. Equipment such as hand forges, mechanical presses and examples

visitors can see every machine working. They can observe hand-setting of traditional lead typefaces, and the operation of typesetting machines and hand and powered presses. The craft of bookbinding is demonstrated

prominent place among the creations of local goldsmiths; it is produced by hand in small-scale, family-run workshops, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. The Filigree Route allows you to

deep in the surface of the paper. In a beautifully designed modern space it has a collection of 29 hand-operated presses and over 70 cylinder and platen presses, together with other printing equipment. [...] offers workshops in typesetting and letterpress printing, handwriting and fine bookbinding, using hand-operated presses and movable type. People interested in producing a page of print, a business card

left-hand side, the changing world of work is depicted in a gypsum factory, a steam engine hall with a 1300-horsepower MAN tandem steam engine and a 1930s-style lead-printing workshop. The right-hand side [...] shadow of the factory and the office is brought to life. Visitors of all ages are invited to try their hand at some of the demonstrations. The Bicycle Collection and Motorbike Museum bring to life Nuremberg's

when Thessaloniki was turning into a large industrial centre and shows that water history goes hand in hand with the history of the city. The old pumping station consists of the engine room, the boiler

of the development of paper making and printing. There is a workshop showing how paper was made by hand in the 18th century, where visitors can themselves make paper. There are displays on the development [...] Fourdrinier machine, is regularly demonstrated. The development of writing and printing is also displayed. Hand setting of type is demonstrated, and there is a Wilhelm Hass press of 1772. Visitors can see a range

and it still exists there, exporting its products globally. Files and rasps of different kinds are hand tools used since prehistoric times to work metals, wood and stone and essential in a wide variety [...] jewellery, locksmithing and watchmaking. Until the nineteenth century, files were manufactured by hand. Steel blanks were forged, ground on a wheel and annealed before the lines in the surface were cut [...] location for the industry as the exploitation of the huge pine forest of Pinhal de Leiria required hand tools and provided fuel for forges. Products could be taken from Vieira to the two great trading ports

and modern achievements. The exhibition is further enhanced by two participatory laboratories: "Hands-On Chemistry" and "Getting to Grips with Technology". The laboratories can be used by school students [...] type of school. Since 1977 more than 55.000 school students from all over Germany have tried their hand at chemical, physical and technical experiments on subjects like synthetics, cosmetics and environmental [...] areas on the history and development of the region’s industrial heritage, and the enlargement of the hands-on laboratories to a science centre. In this way the German Chemistry Museum is becoming a meeting

several museums and exhibitions side by side. Visitors are free to collect hands-on experiences, for example by making their own hand-made paper as in pre-industrial times. The printing museum, showcasing

preserving fish. The museum is notable for its narrow gauge railway, originally built with second-hand equipment, to serve villages along this stretch of coast after the Second World War.

endured were appalling by today’s standards, yet each worker would produce thousands of nibs each day by hand, using fly presses to cut and shape strips of steel. The history of the Pen Trade is told through [...] used to promote steel nibs at exhibitions also produces a fascinating display. You can also try your hand at Calligraphy – steel pens are still used for this purpose -and some of the few surviving companies

that has existed in the town at least since the 1400s. This is the making of saddler’s ironmongery; hand forged metalwork like stirrups, bits and buckles for the saddle and harness. Whilst tanning existed [...] and smells of its industrial past. Demonstrators, who used to work in the leather industry, are on hand to show you how the leather was worked, and their knowledge and skills are inspirational. The quality

commercial hand embroidery in Plauen was well-known, and in 1828 more than 2,000 people were employed in whitework embroidery. The industrialization of the craft proceeded just as quickly. The first hand embroidery

Take a journey of discovery deep into the earth and experience first-hand the fascinating world of mining. Once you have been equipped with a helmet and protective clothing, travel 1.5 kilometres into