reconverted into a museum which presents the relationship between art and industry as shown by the hand of Eduardo Chillida, one of the most famous sculptors in the Basque Country.

and to follow the Rat Trail. There are also opportunities for prospective young engineers to get hands on experience in an effort to help provide future engineers.

demonstrated to visitors. They can participate in workshops in making sheets of paper with their own hands.

treasures. After all, as the museum's motto puts it, the most adventurous discoveries are made with your hands.

ing kilns and the ruins of a charcoal store and a limekiln. Blacksmiths demonstrate their work in hand forges. Visitors walk a circular trail that also includes a barracks for workers, a manager’s house

tractors, sports cars and racing cars. Interactive displays and equipment let visitors learn through hands-on experience – including working models of aerodynamics and piston operation, driving simulators

invented a hitherto unheard of machine: the water frame. It could spin fine yarn in a way which only hand driven spinning wheels had been able to do until then: but at an unprecedented speed. In 1771 Arkwright

industrial past. Families and schools are especially well catered for with educational display cases and hands-on museum games with which they can test their skills. The top storey of the museum can be comfortably

continuing institution in France, created in the year 864 as a royal mint. Coins were made initially with hand-stamps, then from the 17th century with screw presses. The present ‘Hôtel des Monnaies’ was constructed

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

foundries. You can also learn about the raw materials used in the foundries, how moulds were made by hand and by machine and how cast iron was processed. The museum also has a room for temporary exhibitions

For more than 30 years she ran and developed the ironworks and the ironworks village with a firm hand and sometimes questionable methods, earning her the nickname 'Her Grace'. In addition to the ironworks

fireworks, special guided tours, cabaret & comedy, light & laser, street theatre & performance as well as hands-on activities guarantee fun and action for every taste and age. Special highlights this year include

seventh "Days of Industrial Heritage on the Waterfront" for guided tours and demonstrations, visits and hands-on activities to showcase their facilities and tell their stories, with water always playing a major [...] Buxtehude, are located some 100 kilometres from the coast. The Curslack field drainage mill, on the other hand, stands for hundreds of wind-powered versions of its kind that once existed in the marshlands and

solid briquettes are all part of the exciting guided tour. The Museum of Printing Arts , on the other hand, revives several centuries of printing and media history with some 100 fully functional machines.

The Summer School combines interdisciplinary knowledge transfer with hands-on project activities and is designed for students enrolled in various disciplines. Among other things, they will be instructed

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 afternoon provide an opportunity for specific exchanges in given thematic groups to develop hands-on storytelling methods and implementations. Traditionally, the conference is flanked by the annual

new channel - whether it's videos of major attractions such as Extraschicht in the Ruhr District, hands-on highlights like the Czech Dolní Vítkovice industrial complex or first impressions of the industrial

The Katowice College of Individual Interdisciplinary Studies lets students individually design their curriculum. To do this, they choose one (or more) leading study programme, which can be expanded to