. Since 1983 visitors have been allowed inside this microcosm, thanks to the museum of mining. The round tour of the museum entitled "Between Men and Machines" gives a vivid picture of the strict hierarchy
The museum was begun by the master-printer Maurice Audin in 1964 and celebrated its half century with a major renovation in 2014. It occupies the Hôtel de la Couronne, a Renaissance house that became Lyon's
How does a drop of water transform into electric power? The high halls of Cedegolo's historical Museum of Hydroelectric Power, bathed in light, offer answers that affect all senses. The experience starts
Aitoneva, a part of the municipality of Kihniö around 100 km north of Tampere, houses the only museum which exhibits the history of industrial-scale peat production in Finland. The extraction and use of [...] This also includes some not so successful methods, including the use of heavy Russian machinery. The museum presents a wide range of exhibits on the production and use of peat, as well as the history and [...] t of the peat industry. The environmental management of peatlands is also addressed. Outside the museum, around sixty machines related to peat production are located in the woodland, the oldest of which
going 140 metres underground. And below the earth it is cold, damp and dark. The National Coalmining Museum for England, near Overton in West Yorkshire, is located in one of the oldest collieries in the United [...] steam-driven winding wheels which were in operation till 1970 are still working. In addition the museum has an audio-visual exhibition which takes visitors on a journey through more than two centuries [...] pit railway and travel to the next colliery just around the corner. This also forms a part of the museum complex.
and modern living quarters, offices and leisure facilities. At the centre is the Nordwolle Factory Museum housed in the ornamented red brick building of the old turbine house which used to be the central
European mining history; a disaster that killed a total of 262 workers. A major section of the colliery museum erected on the site is devoted to the accident. Surrounding this section are the miners’ changing [...] dating back to 1904, and even a complete sheet-rolling mill from the middle of the 19th century. The museum tells of the people who came here from all over Europe to earn a living under harsh, and sometimes
ropes are needed). Braiding machines can also be seen in operation. Nearby, the Dales Countryside Museum in the former railway station preserves a steam locomotive and carriages and includes displays about
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
the repair and maintenance sheds, dating back to the 19th century and forming the framework of the museum, hints to a precious relic of Portuguese railroad history. The train depot sits right next to the [...] collection that offers railway enthusiasts a splendid arrangement of historical rolling stock. The museum's four steam locomotives are joined by a large number of passenger and freight cars, partly used [...] António Egas Moniz (1874-1955), winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949. An exciting part of the museum looks beyond train operation, illustrating the equipment of train depots at the turn of the 19th
18th century. The museum opened in 1981. Bladed weapons, small arms and artillery from 32 countries are displayed in the galleries and there are extensive reserve collections. The museum craftsmen, as well [...] The Arsenal museum in L’viv has large and valuable collections but its most interesting exhibit is the building in which it is housed. The arsenal is a 2-storey brick structure with a miniature octagonal
above it rises the remarkably genuine sound of crackling fire and bursting rock. The Rammelsberg Museum and Visitor Mine near Goslar stages 1,000 years of mining history; from the age-old method of mining
The museum at Gosport provides an opportunity to observe how submarines are constructed as well as about the lives of the crews who manned them. It occupies the site of HMS Dolphin , the training centre [...] centre on land for the Royal Navy’s submariners for more than a century. It is part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy and also of the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard group, and is linked with the Dockyard [...] bus that plies the short distance across the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour. The centrepiece of the museum is HMS Alliance , a submarine of the Second World War. During a 45-minute tour visitors can see the
The museum in Agia Paraskevi on the island of Lesvos,a site of the Museum Network of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group (PIOP), is located in a former communal oil mill, in which both a
‘Plastics Valley’ and contained over 600 companies as well as research and education bodies. The museum, currently based in the Aragon Cultural Centre, preserves 16,000 objects and tells the story of local
industrialisation in the region, with the power plant symbolising a new, promising technology. The museum installed in it today tells the story of the Light Factory through the eyes of the working people
tablet computers or by guides can watch techniques in use. Also in the Cité des Images complex is a museum that shows historical and newly created images from a collection of over 100,000 items representing
The tile factory was founded in 1880 by the Sébillotte family to make terracotta building materials such as tiles, bricks and delicate architectural components. It employed up to 40 workers. Later it
workshops. By 1925 there were 2,500 workers. It closed in 1983. Several businesses use the site today. A museum is located in the first hydroelectric plant for the works, built in 1898. Visitors see original turbines
