Chairman of the Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe. Grewenig continued, "It is not enough for young people to understand the idea of industrial heritage [...] participants included up to 40 industrial heritage sites from 9 to 15 European countries. At the heart of the event are the dancers, their performances garnering an audience of some thousand people and over [...] "Industrial heritage must appeal to the younger generation and the heirs of our culture," ERIH President Prof Dr Meinrad Maria Grewenig stated at the award ceremony hosted by Julien Vuilleumier from S

another attraction of the Luxembourg mining and steelmaking district: the coexistence of industrial heritage and nature worth protecting. Highlight of the ERIH Anchor Point National Museum of Iron Ore Mines [...] Minette, the lingo of French miners for the bright red iron ores in Lorraine and Luxembourg, have lent their name to "De Minett" industrial landscape in the very south of the Grand Duchy. This is where [...] where the heart of Luxembourg's coal and steel industry throbbed for decades, making the small country in the early 20th century one of the world's ten largest producers of pig iron and iron ore and, in 1951

in the field of electric measurement systems. A different kind of attraction is the guided ride in a historic e-carriage exploring the industrial heritage of western Leipzig. The Museum of Printing Arts [...] the Industrial Heritage Days, it turns into a stage for performing artists and musicians and at the same time serves as an exhibition and learning venue for a dynamic exchange on industrial heritage. T [...] is also the subject of the creative Klinge22 trading estate in Leipzig Plagwitz. Once part of Rudolph Sack's factory for agricultural machinery at the heart of Leipzig's old industrial district, it is now

social and cultural aspects of Rüsselsheim's history and reveals the traces they have left in the image of the town to this day. Programme of the Rhine-Mine Days of Industrial Heritage [...] and ideas for the future. One aspect pervades all events: industrial heritage is an integral part of regional and local identity. A prime example of this is the programme "The Opels, the Opelers and the Opel: [...] few of the events from this year's comprehensive programme. If you want to dive into the history of computer technology, the best place to visit is the "Digital Retro Park", an interactive museum and centre

pigeons in Silesian industrial towns? The Industrial Monuments Route Festival – the largest of its kind in Poland – has long since become a well-established part of the calendar of events in the Silesian [...] Louise Adit in Zabrze, the 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 [...] history of a local Tychy brewery, with the finale being a spectacular fire theatre on the town square of Pszczyna. Visitors can easily reach the various venues by free public transport. Programme of INDUSTRIADA

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 some of its sites [...] A key component of the Shine4Future project is to engage young people and encourage them to discover industrial heritage sites as places to visit or even work. Only this can ensure successful generational [...] 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 was organised by the national representative

strengthen industrial heritage identification with neighbourhoods, cities and regions? These are some of the questions that the conference aims to explore and discuss. Site operators, museum and education [...] conference theme. The focus should be on how intangible industrial culture can gain greater visibility and thus increase the appeal of industrial heritage. In addition, the presentations should provide answers [...] and recipes have shaped life in industrial areas in very different ways and, in some cases, continue to do so. They all foster people's sense of connection to industrial sites and their history, and often

on the board of the new federal association as the representative of the ERIH member LVR Industrial Museum . Other members of the ERIH network, including LWL Museums of Industrieal Heritage , the Brand [...] Leader, Industrial Heritage RVR, Member), Dr Kirsten Baumann (Director LWL-Museums of Industrial Heritage, 1st Chairwoman), Dr Walter Hauser (ERIH President and Director LVR Industrial Museum, Member) [...] er (Head of LWL Culture Dept.), Marius Krohn (Director of Brandenburg/Havel Industrial Museum, Treasurer), Anja Nixdorf-Munkwitz (Chair of the Saxony State Association for Industrial Heritage, Member)

remain the topics of digitisation and sustainability. To this end, ERIH is in constant dialogue with the Network of European Museum Organisations (NEMO) and the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe. Further [...] One focus of the project activities will be the generational change in industrial heritage, which is already in full swing: many of the people who have been involved in this field since the beginning are [...] the topic, to promote the attractiveness of the sites as a place to work and visit, and to effectively organise the transfer of knowledge. The current shortage of skilled workers and labour does not make

visits to industrial monuments in Berlin wrap up the programme. The Summer School is a programme of ERIH in cooperation with the Berlin Centre for Industrial Heritage and the Berlin University of Applied [...] disciplines. Among other things, they will be instructed to introduce the other participants to an industrial heritage site - preferably an ERIH member from their respective native region - visited in the run-up

kind of blueprint for the Oberhausen site. The technical monuments of both regions turn stories like this into ever new and exciting moments. They enable visitors to explore the entire history of industry [...] exactly at the crossroads of the Ruhr region and southern Westphalia. Its information point with walk-in map, touch-screen monitors and diversely designed panels on the wall of the blower house are an excellent [...] excellent starting point for industrial heritage enthusiasts and steel time travellers! Steel Time Travel in the Ruhr Area and South Westphalia

population of almost 200 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 [...] inventor of the garden city. Architectural elements such as the harnessing of sunlight and the low-traffic location of houses on cul-de-sacs are trendsetting for the time. The European scale of working-class [...] g examples of European company housing include the Cité Ouvrière in Mulhouse, Alsace, and the Belgian ERIH Anchor Point and World Heritage Site Grand Hornu . In Italy, the MuCa - Museum of the Shipbuilding

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 industrial heritage will be shared by ERIH [...] first 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 [...] symposium is the partly still popular assumption that the evidence of the industrial age in Portugal is a forgotten heritage or a curiosity of a bygone era. To challenge this image, the conference will explore

specialising in the luxury product of lead crystal, and witness England as a pioneer of early industrial mass production. Some of the museums focus on the hard working conditions of glassblowers, smelters, glass [...] - the art of glassmaking spread across the continent by the end of the 16th century. One of the key criteria for establishing a glassmaking site is the availability of sufficient quantities of firewood [...] regarded as one of the best-preserved glassworks in Europe, and the Immenhausen Glass Museum . The very beginning of post-antique European glass production is marked by the Venetian island of Murano, from

Atkinson was the founder-director of Beamish, the museum’s inspiring genius, and an influential advocate over many years for the conservation of the industrial heritage of North-East England. He was born [...] Yorkshire, the son of a plumber and grandson on both sides of his family, of miners. He was an enthusiastic collector from an early age, and at the age of 16 determined to follow a career in museums. He studied [...] the University of Sheffield, after which he was employed for a time in a coke works before obtaining a job at the museum at Wakefield. In 1952 he embarked on a tour of open air museums in Scandinavia and

that complement the museum and interpretive spaces linked to our industrial past and that, in addition to witnessing the industrial evolution of the Basque Country, maintain the memory of the companies and [...] practices, that are part of the ERIH Network, that serve as a reference for the future development of new projects that reinforce the competitiveness and positioning of the Basque Industrial Tourism product. Program [...] The definitive development of industrialization, which occurred in the Basque Country since the end of the 19th century, transformed many of our municipalities and regions into work spaces, factories,

include a number of ERIH members on the Regional Route of Silesian Industrial Monuments, including the ERIH Anchor Points "Guido" Coal Mine and Queen Louise Adit in Zabrze, the Brewery Museum in Zywiec and [...] Katowice, the Bread and School Museum in Radzionków and the Ignacy Historical Mine in Rybnik. All visitors are invited to join in discovering the secrets of the world of technology: its developments,

for several weeks. From 26 August to 10 October, despite all the hardships of the past months, a total of 42 North Hessian museums, associations, initiatives and companies will be hosting more than 70 exciting [...] about thematically interlinking small and large sites and promoting North Hesse's industrial culture as a key aspect of regional identity. Modifications with regard to specific events, group sizes or current [...] also refers to tackling everyday challenges such as the corona pandemic. Whether it's the family tour of a recycling facility in Kassel, the lignite trail across the Borken Lake District or a lab tour exploring

– the 'head' of a world-class industrial ensemble" epitomises industrial culture as heart and soul of the region. A film documentary retraces the history of this extraordinary industrial site, with its [...] examples are the Zeppelin Museum in Neu-Isenburg and Frankfurt Airport. As an artistic highlight of the Days of Industrial Culture, various artists will transform the industrial heritage into "sound art". Programme [...] water as an important means of transport. 34 barrages, 33 of them featuring hydroelectric power stations, facilitate navigation on the Main federal waterway. Guided tours of the control centre at Kostheim

functional and social linkages of the relict slate industrial landscape. The property was internationally significant not only for the export of slates, but also for the export of technology and skilled workers [...] In its statement the World Heritage Committee notes, among other things: „The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales illustrates the transformation that industrial slate quarrying and mining brought about [...] large-scale industrial processes undertaken by landowners and capital investors, which reshaped the agricultural landscape into an industrial centre for slate production during the Industrial Revolution