more recently, industrial history as well. This combination makes the city and its surroundings an exciting destination for fans of industrial heritage. The visitor center in the tower of the former sewing [...] presentations of industrial history. The shoe production, for instance, is represented by a museum, an academy for shoe design and two successfully working enterprises. The hat museum is accompanied by [...] guided tours. In the factory next door, visitors can experience a museum of contemporary art, as well as an exhibition on the history of the Oliva company and its outstanding architectural appearance. The

Woollen cloth was manufactured in cottages across large parts of North and Mid-Wales before the Industrial Revolution, and in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century numerous small-scale water-powered [...] weave cloth. The Trefriw mills south of Conwy on the B5106 road to Betws-y-Coed, date from the 1820s, were taken over by Thomas Williams in 1859, and remain in control of the same family. The mills produce [...] installed in 1949 generates electric power to work 50-year-old looms and can be viewed. The mill museum includes carding engines, spinning mules and warping machines. A 12 minute video shows how the wool

volcanic soil that contains pumice stone. They are ideal for the manufacture of tomato purée. Dimitrios Nomikos began production of purée in 1916, and founded a family firm that in 1922 built a pioneering [...] Santorini is an island in the Cyclades in the Southern Aegean Sea. The island produces crops of large cucumbers, Spanish vetchling, capers and aubergines. Cherry tomatoes cultivated there from the late [...] Nomikos built a plant at Vlychada, the best tomato growing area on the island. In the 1950s it was one of nine factories on Chios, and in 1971 began to export to other countries. As tourism grew in the Greek

is one Europe’s leading industrial cities and its diverse manufacturing enterprises played a significant part in the early Industrial Revolution. Thinktank is the city’s museum of science and industry, which [...] computing among other fields. The museum also holds natural science collections and examines environmental issues. One reason for the city’s reputation as the ‘workshop of the world’ was the innovative Boulton [...] Boulton and Watt engineering company. The museum features many items made by Boulton and Watt, including the Smethwick pumping engine of 1779 - the oldest working steam engine in the world. Key objects

1775 by the neoclassical architect Denis Antoine on the Quai de Conti. It is part of the Banks of the Seine World Heritage site. The 177-metre building that faces the quay contained the offices, while courtyards [...] currency and medals are still made. A museum explains the process of making coins and medals and their significance. Around 2,000 pieces are on show from collections of 170,000 objects. Beautifully designed [...] visitors opportunities to touch artefacts, hear experts talk and even see and smell the industrial processes of carving, stamping and casting.

there and a densely populated industrial region developed around the cities of Kerkrade and Heerlen. Even the crises of the interwar period could not stop the momentum of the upswing: in 1919 the airline [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS Listen Industrialisation came late: on the one hand, because the Netherlands had only small deposits of the key raw materials coal and iron ore, and on the [...] revenues played as the technologies of the industrial age gradually took hold in the Netherlands is still unclear. In any case, they contributed to the construction of the railway network, which began in

The great medieval city of Norwich offers such a wealth of heritage that it is easy to overlook the variety of industrial buildings from all periods and particularly the nineteenth century that lie within [...] Bridewell Museum, hosting an outstanding collection of industrial and social memories, is itself housed in a former shoe factory and one-time prison. The building encapsulates the contradictions of this medieval [...] within the city centre. The industrial economy of Norwich was built on the diverse mixture of textiles, shoe manufacture, food production and pharmaceuticals. Textiles were an important medieval industry

The museum and its current exhibition reopened in 2018 following a project of co-creation with the community of Mallorca to identify what they wanted from their heritage. It won the European Museum of the [...] producer of shoes and several factories are still important employers. The Museum of Footwear and Industry of Inca is housed in an army barracks built in 1910. There is a comprehensive collection of the specialist [...] to the Museum by local businesses and private individuals. Each one of them tells a true personal story that is closely linked to the identity of those who have made footwear their actual way of life. The

the Menai Bridge was a triumph of civil engineering – the biggest suspension bridge in the world at the time. Sixteen huge chains held up 579 feet of deck, giving 100 feet of clearance for tall sailing ships [...] roadway, linking Continental Europe to Ireland. The full history of the bridges and several artefacts can be seen at the Menai Heritage museum . [...] constructed a bridge with two main spans of 140-m long rectangular iron tubes, each weighing 1,500 long tons (1,700 short tons), supported by masonry piers, the centre one of which was built on the Britannia Rock

claims to be the birthplace of the industrial production of spectacles when, in 1796, a nail-maker called Pierre-Hyacinthe Ceaux used wire to make frames for lenses. The history of metalworking at Morez since [...] beautiful new building of glass, the museum explains the technologies for making frames and the history of the workers in this labour-intensive industry. The important topic of vocational training is also [...] explored, from the first industrial college in the 19th century to the National Optical College. The fashion of French eyewear manufacturers is presented through an extensive collection of 2,500 objects. Displays

L'Aventure, an association dedicated to the heritage of the car makers DS, Peugeot and Citroën. It is situated near Le Bourget airport north of Paris in a modern building of 6,500 m² – appropriately on the Boulevard [...] Boulevard André Citroën, which is named after the founder of the Citroën company in 1919. On display are some 300 vehicles, most of which are in working order – the largest Citroën collection in the world [...] extends from the Type ‘A’s after the First World War to recent vehicles and includes many examples of the influential 2CV and DS ranges. The cars are arranged by decade into sports cars, adventure cars

theme of this year's edition of the festival is "Art (in) Industry". Indeed, INDUSTIRADA draws many exciting connections between the two sectors. One of the outstanding architectural achievements of the [...] which is also part of the ERIH network. Another ERIH site, the Museum of Metallurgy in Chorzów, provided the inspiration for Adolph von Menzel's socio-critical painting "The Iron Rolling Mill", completed [...] completed in 1875, which, with its realistic depiction of the hardships of this kind of work, questions the unlimited faith in technical progress. Representing industry serving art is the Artistic Casting Department

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,

HISTORY OF TEXTILES PRODUCTION Listen The eighteenth century cotton mills in Britain with their rows of spinning frames and thousands of rattling bobbins heralded the coming of the Industrial Revolution [...] ion of the textile industry began with spinning. The striking lack of yarn in the wool industry, one of the most important sectors of the British economy, led to attempts to mechanise the work of the spinners [...] important stock exchange, and the expanding industrial city of Manchester made the county of Lancashire the leading textile region in the world. Hundreds of thousands of workers abandoned the countryside for

Tesla was one of the most brilliant and prolific inventors of his generation, remembered for his contributions to electrical power – the basis for the second industrial revolution. Among his multiple [...] the three-phase system of transmission. He was born in the Austrian Empire and died a naturalised citizen of the United States. His father was a parish priest in the village of Smiljan, now in Croatia [...] early 1920s most of his patents had expired and after living for many years in luxury hotels he was effectively bankrupt. Westinghouse helped to support him for the rest of his life. Museums in Serbia and

The town of Seydisfjordur (until recently spelt Seydhisfjordur) lies 400 km north-east of Reykjavik. The technical museum that illustrates many aspects of the history of the region has three principal [...] Scotland and the rest of the world. Much of the original equipment remains, and displays illustrate the epic task carried out by a labour force of some 300 men of constructing a line of 14,000 telegraph poles [...] exhibits that relate to the industrial heritage. The mechanical engineering workshop of Johann Hansson was established in 1907 and used hydro-electric power for the operation of its machine tools. It was

demand also drove mechanisation of the textile industry, particularly in the region centred on Borås and the expanding industrial city of Norrköping. Towards the end of the century, Sweden profited greatly [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF SWEDEN Listen Sweden’s long road to becoming an industrial nation followed a familiar path in that the process began with agricultural surpluses and a consequent population [...] state intervention and large-scale exports of the plentiful raw materials of iron ore and wood. By contrast, Sweden has very few coal deposits. Until the end of the 17th century, copper from the long-established

and management of industrial heritage requires a wide range of knowledge and skills. Industrial heritage is more than just industrial buildings and machinery, the "tangible" remains of industry. It also [...] knowledge of how to operate and maintain machinery, a wide range of techniques and skills, as well as sector-specific social routines and intangible heritage. But this knowledge is in danger of being lost [...] over time. Today, heritage organisations are increasingly facing the retirement of their first generation of professionals and volunteers - people who experienced life in these industrial communities at first

Academy of Industrial Heritage" to encourage students to seek employment within the context of European industrial heritage and thereby generate well-trained staff for the maintenance and management of the [...] fields of science, we would like young people to be aware of the region in which they live and what kind of heritage our ancestors have left us.“ The students mention a completely new perception of space [...] the design and implementation of the cooperation programme. "I am sure that the course offered by the 'European Academy of Industrial Heritage' made the students very aware of this – both in theory and in

approach. In addition to the exciting insights into industrial heritage, the agenda includes work in a restoration workshop and in museums: how are museum objects restored, what stories do the objects tell [...] War I, the "Elektropolis Berlin" was considered emblematic of a modern, hyper-connected city. After World War II, the long-term "deep sleep" of many industries helped preserve the often iconic architecture [...] which is now being used by brand new and young industries. The participants of the "Study & Work Camp" will trace the industrial history at different places in the city and explore how it relates to us and