shores of the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan to the shores of the Black Sea at Batumi in Georgia. The museum in Batumi, which opened in 2007, has exhibits showing the development of the oil industry, the i

peripheral industries from Schönebeck and the surrounding region, is remembered by the Industrial Museum. It was opened in 2013 in the over 100-year-old, partly listed ensemble of buildings of the city's [...] Erlebniswelt Technik und Innovation (iMUSEt) has taken over and successively renovated and equipped for museum purposes. The exhibits include machines and products from ammunition production, metalworking and [...] 300 tractors stand out, which were manufactured here in the only tractor production in the GDR. The museum also houses 2 permanent art exhibitions with works by 50 artists from the region and presents technical

was installed in the old part of the city. The first steam pumping station was built in 1863. The museum, at Adazi, 18 km N of Riga, is located in a ground water pumping station of 1904, which has twin

in the Czech republic employing 19,000 people, has been part of Volkswagen group since 2000. The museum was established in 1995, and re-displayed in 2005 to commemorate the centenary of the first Skoda

n Kulturzentrum Fröndenberg e.V. has established a chain forge museum in the straw storage building of a former paper factory. The museum's collection includes a large number of machines from the Fröndenberg

The Leoben MuseumsCenter with its state-of-the-art design translates 2,000 years of local, regional, and mining history into a complex experience that invites visitors to ride on “Seven rails into the [...] outstanding events that shape Leoben’s history and can be traced in the architectural concept of the museum. The main focus lies on the iron and steel sector and the progress and stagnation connected to it

family control and is based in Lausanne, with its own museum in Toronto. The shoe museum in a former office building in Zlin is managed by the Museum of South-East Moravia, and includes comprehensive collections

succeeded in restoring supplies by July 1945. The last gas was produced at the plant in 1978. The museum was established the previous year. It conserves and interprets the nineteenth- and twentieth-century [...] roasters and hair curlers. Displays show something of the history of the gas industry in Warsaw. The museum has a large and important collection of gas street lamps.

The Virtual Museum of Mining 4th dritl is located in the basemant of historical building of Delavski dom Cultural Center Trbovlje, that was built with volunteer work and contributions of Trbovlje's inhabitatnt [...] tour through exhibitions and guided tours around industrial landscape in and around the town, the museum also offers the game »Escape from the mine«: fun and educational experience that presents visitors

The Labin National Museum was founded in 1960 and works within the Labin Public Open University. The museum is located in the old town’s heart in the Baroque palace of the Battiala-Lazzarini family. It [...] under the title of ‘Labinska republika’ (the ‘Labin Republic’) and an overview of recent history. The museum also consists of an ethnographic display and a special part dedicated to the Istrian teacher and [...] mining history is a special attraction. It was set up on the ground-floor and cellar part of the museum’s building, between 1961 and 1964, with the direct support from the Istrian coal mines of Raša. The

up of stories being told by the painted and ornamented chambers, while the other consists of the Museum’s collections. The permanent display follows the spatial structure of the facility and it contains [...] the 20th century. The second floor reveals the story about the former industrial compound where the museum is located. The story encompasses the period of the refinery (18th century – beginning of the 19th

(bzi) is a joint institution of the Berlin University of Applied Sciences and the German Technical Museum Foundation Berlin. BZI networks actors of industrial culture in Berlin, Brandenburg and the Federal

the Wuppertal region all hang together is explained in the Wuppertal Museum of Industrial Culture – the Engels House and the Museum of Early Industrialisation. Not forgetting the life and work of Friedrich [...] manufacturer by the name of Friedrich Engels. The Wuppertal Museum of Industrial Culture is split into two sections: it consists of the Museum of Early Industrialisation and the Engels House. The documentation [...] connected and in order to understand it fully you have to know a little about the pre-history. The Museum deals with this in some detail. First everything centres around the Wupper. Around 1400 local citizens

rows of workers houses on either side of them stretch all along the valley. "La Grande Place" glass museum, completed in summer 2007, stands in the middle of the village. The "large hall" is like a huge storage

industrial topics. The museum manages three historical sites in Grimbergen, two of them are working watermills for grain. One mill is open during regular demonstrations. The museum also has two functioning [...] The MOT is a technology museum in Grimbergen near Brussels, which specialises since 1980 in techniques driven by natural power sources. The main collection is built around handheld tools of every era and [...] and profession. The museum has an important and international collection of trade catalogues, many of which with an industrial character, partly digitalised and available on the site's website. The scientific

1992 and the open air museum opened in October 1994. It is linked with an adjacent hotel which includes a Russian sauna. The museum follows the pattern of other Skansen-type museums in Eastern Europe. It [...] weaving of straw and willow twigs, and arena activities include horse riding, jousting and archery. The museum keeps considerable numbers of domestic animals and also has a collection of vintage cars.

The centre at Guesnain 8km SE of Douai is the largest mining museum in France and occupies the surface buildings of the Delloye Colliery that was sunk in 1920. Most of the principal surface structures

the Kew Bridge Steam Museum, along with eight other powerful steam engines. Six of them are in operation every weekend, pumping away just as they did in the old waterworks. The museum’s most immediately

to 1900 and a brickworks from the time of the DDR (East Germany). Not forgetting the field railway museum, of course. There is a huge adventure playground for children and, whether they arrive on foot, by

neighbourhood. Today the old factory sites offer a fascinating tour through a total of no less than ten museums. This includes a complete town in the style of the 19th century populated by costumed performers