worked in their own homes. The museum, supported by a voluntary association, the Forderverein Esche-Museum eV, was established in 2001. It tells the story of the hosiery industry from the time when it was entirely [...] Limbach-Oberfrohna, a medium-sized town, 19 km. west of Chemnitz and 36 km. east of Zwickau, is one of the historic centres of the textile industry in Saxony, and is particularly important for its role in [...] in 1719. His family continued to manage factories in Limbach-Oberfrohn and the present-day Esche-Museum is located in a three-storey hosiery factory built in 1854 by Ernste Reinhold Esche (1817-73), where

in 1800 in the monastery at St Gallen, he became fascinated. He studied examples of machinery at Chemnitz in Saxony and designed spinning machines of his own. In 1805 he began a cotton-spinning company [...] textile machinery. It became the leading supplier of equipment for the early growth of the cotton industry in the region. During the next 25 years the company diversified into other branches of mechanical [...] classical buildings in Zurich and elsewhere. His son Albert was expected to take forward the family’s industrial interests but he died in 1845. Escher, Wyss & Cie continued until 1969, when it became part of

The museum remembers the social and regional transformation that meant the settlement of a French company in this agricultural and livestock mountain area. From their industrial activity, it is interesting [...] cider press, or the carpentry workshop recalls the rural dimension of the settlement. The “Quirós industrial” area includes a permanent exhibition that discusses “obrero mixto”, "mixed workers", a term given

century, but had long traditions of craft manufactures. Both aspects of its industrial past are illustrated at Etar, an open air museum 8 km south of the city, opened in 1963 on the basis of collecting begun [...] (1908-76). The museum occupies a deep wooded valley and many of its exhibits, some in situ and some removed from their original sites, are powered by water from the River Sivek. The museum’s objective is [...] shop for spinning and weaving goats’ hair. Further aspects of the city’s past are illustrated in the Museum of History.

staff of the city museum service, called for support for its restoration. It was duly restored by volunteer and was opened to the public in 1991. The Etruria museum is part of the city museum service, but [...] required finely-ground materials that when fired produced white-bodied wares. When the ceramics industry of North Stafford, around the present city of Stoke-on-Trent were at their most prosperous numerous

role of industry in creating the image of the region. Case study of Upper Silesia throughout history The industrial revolution and the process of industrialization or e.g. 'European Industrial Heritage: [...] ACADEMY OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ERIH'S PROJECT TO ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE TO INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AS CARIER OPTION Listen All sites in Europe face the problem of finding well-trained staff, as industrial heritage [...] phenomenon Industrial heritage - the essence, definitions, attributes, categories, understanding of resources Consequences of the process of deindustrialisation for post-industrial communities, industrial heritage

Network. The programme is aimed at students from various disciplines, including museum studies, cultural studies, history, industrial archaeology, cultural and tourism management, sociology, architecture and [...] Sustainable educational work, the re-use of industrial sites (heritage conservation is climate protection), new blood in cultural volunteering and soft tourism are just some of the topics that the Summer [...] who are enrolled at a university. The SummerSchool is organised by ERIH, the Berlin Centre for Industrial Heritage and the Department of Culture and Design at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences

by exciting excursions to industrial heritage sites in Berlin. The 'European Industrial Heritage Summer School' is a joint program of ERIH, the Berlin Centre for Industrial Heritage (bzi) and the University [...] How can industrial heritage sites credibly practice sustainability? 17 Students from Europe and beyond addressed this question at our 14-day European Industrial Heritage Summer School "Industrial Heritage [...] concept for “Sounds of Industry: Industrial Heritage x Club Culture” and two individual students engaged themselves in the topics of “Independence and Sustainability in a Museum” and a pitch for a “Sustainable

tracks of the industrial revolution. The result is a "circuit diagram" showing the connections between the main themes of European industrial heritage. In addition to the selection by industry, you can also [...] steel – the key materials of the industrial era - from iron ore. First, the ore has to be smelted in the blast furnace. more Service and Leisure Industry The Industrial Revolution resulted in more and more [...] Routes which are structured according to industrial sectors. 16 Theme Routes (with 44 sub-categories) focus on specific questions relating to European industrial history and reveal - offen in connection

of cotton spinning from Britain to the state of Saxony, which eventually became one of the most industrially diversified regions of Germany. Evans was famous as an industrialist in his adopted country but [...] interests. Bernhard and his brother owned a cotton spinning mill at Harthau, now part of the city of Chemnitz. They invited Evans to bring his expertise to Saxony. He redesigned and mechanised their spinning

Management of Industrial Heritage Sites Ongoing Research Projects Preservation and Conversion of Industrial Heritage Sites Research Results, Studies Teaching and Learning at Schools and Museums [...] conversion of industrial monuments. Do you know any other website that should be listed here? Please send the corresponding URL to our webmaster . Bibliography Digital Offers Funding Industrial Heritage Tourism [...] There are numerous expert databases and best practice websites on different topic dealing with industrial heritage. Following you will find a selection of links we collected for you. In addition, a significant

effects in the skies above the ERIH Anchor Points Zollverein World Heritage Site in Essen and LWL Museum Henrichshütte in Hattingen as well as the Westerholt Colliery in Gelsenkirchen. ERIH Anchor Point [...] highlight of ExtraSchicht are the "forbidden" places that reveal some of their secrets on the "Night of Industrial Heritage". For example, ERIH member Ewald Future Site in Herten offers access to extraordinary [...] for night-time explorers. Music attractions - such as "Back to the 80s" at ERIH Anchor Point LWL-Museum Zollern Colliery - complete the action-packed programme. Visitors only need one ticket to hop easily

and digital society and in what way can a reframed 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 [...] visions of the future that will 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 [...] interactive 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

experience the many facets of the Vogtland textile industry with all its highlights, but also its dark sides. In addition to exhibits from the museum's rich collection, the thematic diversity is also presented [...] 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 machines in the Vogtland still [...] around 40 mostly small companies operating in the Vogtland. The history of the Vogtland textile industry, and Plauen lace in particular, has been presented in the 'Factory of Threads' since the end of

used both for lighting and heating until the coming of electricity, a short but important part of industrial history. Town or coal gas was produced by slowly roasting coal in retorts, long tubular ovens, [...] additions. The Works was decommissioned in 1965 and closed except for showroom and was re-opened as a Museum in 1987. When you have visited Fakenham, take the long distance Town Gas Works Trail to see the other [...] Dunedin, New Zealand. The former British Dominions and Colonies are rich in the remains of our industrial heritage.

appears: The Falun Mine. Once the world’s largest copper mine and today the heart of a unique historic industrial landscape, which was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. A path meanders around the [...] the surface. More than one thousand years of the mine’s history are displayed in the local mining museum. Most spectacular is the coin cabinet with probably the heaviest and largest coins that were ever

this "somewhat different museum". It is indeed somewhat different, for everything is prepared to be put into action as if it were a completely normal working day. But the museum does not simply bear witness [...] functional mills in the country Fellenberg bears witness to the transition period from hand work to industrial factory production. In 1797 a flour mill was set up in the town of Merzig in a street called "am [...] witness to hand work on the edge of the industrial revolution. Today it presents exhibitions of paintings, photography and sculpture, not forgetting other small events in the attic room.

The Felt Museum opened in 1987 and was redeveloped in 2012. It occupies a former stables in the centre of the town of Mouzon in north-east France. A pioneering factory for the industrial production of [...] made for at least 8,000 years. It is produced by wetting, heating and compressing wool or hair. The museum shows examples of felt products from different cultures, especially nomadic people in central Asia

The town of Cairo Montenotte in North-west Italy became home in the early 20th century to an industry manufacturing photographic film. This began in 1917 when the firm SIPE collaborated with the French [...] items. The American company 3M invested in Ferrania until the late 1990s but it closed in 2017. The museum opened in 2018 in Palazzo Scarampi in the centre of Cairo Montenotte. It explores the century-long [...] of objects related to research and development, production, working life and the Italian movie industry. The objects include filming and editing equipment, scientific instruments, photographs, audiovisuals

hen. It is difficult to believe that only a few years ago this was the centre of the brown coal industry in central Germany. At its high point 820 miners of both sexes were employed on the open-cast mining [...] open-air concerts. The old 30 kilovolt central electricity power station now houses a multifaceted museum of regional mining history. The “Orangerie” provides visitors with all the need to eat and drink