a region of sandy heaths where agricultural had never been profitable, and where the principal industrial activity had been the making of cigars. The city is dominated by Philips factories, research centres [...] the building now serves as a conference centre. In Emmasingel in the centre of the city there is a museum in the original factory showing, amongst other things, how light bulbs were made in 1891, and how [...] been transformed by the 1920s by the introduction of machinery. A flashing light system links the museum with the modernistic Centre for Artificial Light in Art on the other side of the street.

of the sites and objects of industrial heritage as an important part of the region's history and thus to contribute to the preservation of testimonies of industrial heritage. [...] the supporter of the Central Hesse Route of Industrial Heritage , which has been set up with the aim to preserve and promote knowledge about the industrial past and present of Central Hesse to develop

but a substantial proportion relate to industrial heritage. Wind power has always been important in the history of The Netherlands, and it is fitting that the museum should include several windmills, amongst [...] The Netherlands Open Air Museum is one of several national museums inspired by the example of Skansen in Stockholm, that were established in north European countries in the decades before the First World [...] restored, but in the 1980s the museum was threatened with closure by cuts in public spending, and from 1991 became the responsibility of an independent foundation. The museum displays 85 buildings from all

wage-earners in textile mills? What were the reasons for the decline of the textile industry at the end of the 1950s? The museum will give you the answers to these and other questions because it all happened [...] in the Province of North Brabant has traditionally been an important centre of the Dutch textile industry. Its mills were one of the major employers in the region until the 1960s. After that thousands of [...] to lose their jobs, mainly because of foreign competition from outside Europe. The Dutch Textile Museum takes up this story in a very palpable fashion. What was it like to be a Tilburg weaver one hundred

The tramway foundation opened a museum in a depot of 1904 at Delfshaven before moving in 2010 to the Hillegersberg tram depot. The museum opened the following year, and re-opened after substantial refurbishing [...] the collection are able to go through the city. The museum is open to the public on the first Saturday of every month and on Architectural Heritage Day every September. [...] refurbishing in 2014. The museum holds a representative collection of about 50 of the tramcars once used in the city, approximately half of which are full restored and operational. They belong to several

The Maritime Museum is the most ancient shipping Museum in the Netherlands. Since the establishment in 1874 it developed itself from a modest showroom to a large museum with contemporary exhibitions. The [...] The extensive Museum Collection belongs to the most important in the world. Meanwhile the number of Museum assets increased to more than half a million objects. The Nedlloyd Collection plays an important [...] important permanent role. Together with the Harbour Museum it is considered as Maritime Quarters Rotterdam. The collection of the Harbour Museum consists of working objects. These objects are connected by a

polder extends over some 7200 ha, and currently has a population of about 8,550. There is a small museum in the village of Middenbeemster. Beemster Cheese made from the milk of cows grazing on the polder [...] produced by CONO, a co-operative formed in 1901. The Beemster polder was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999 in acknowledgement of the achievement of Dutch engineers of the 17th century which

products of the industry which is backed up with a substantial reserve collection. The Museum holds a photographic archive, and has an extensive library devoted to the textile industry and particularly [...] is a small town in the northern part of Limburg province where the museum is concerned chiefly with the lace and embroidery industry that once flourished in the region. There are displays of tools, machines [...] local history are covered in a varied collection of historical artefacts in the Antiquity Room. The Museum is the starting point for several cycling routes along which visitors can learn more of the history

How does a farming hamlet grow into an industrial town? The Educational Industrial Museum in Hengelo will give you the answer. Its theme is the industrial development of the town of Hengelo in the west [...] outstanding importance for this is a branch of industry which still flourishes in Hengelo, as is the model of a Dutch infrared satellite. A selection of the museum’s technical equipment is regularly put into [...] west of the Netherlands during the last 150 years. The museum starts with an exhibition of textile machines and a metal processing workshop dating back to around 1900. A steam engine and a range of diesel

Most demonstrators worked in the textile industry. They take commissions and produce items for sale such as cotton bath towels, tea-towels and tablecloths. The museum shows a collection of fabrics and provides [...] Geldrop was an important centre for textile manufacture in the nineteenth century, especially wool. The museum occupies the buildings of a woollen factory on the river Kleine Dommel at the site of a medieval [...] company name: ‘van den Heuvel & Zoon’. Through a large collection of looms and other machines the museum shows how to weave in different textiles and how processes have changed. It demonstrates weaving

The Industrial Narrow Gauge Railway museum was opened at Erica, 8 km south of Emmen, in 1984. The objective of the museum is to preserve evidence of narrow gauge railway systems, particularly those that [...] along the border with Germany. The museum occupies a 6 ha base, from which visitors are able to take lengthy rides on both 700 mm and 900 mm gauge systems. The museum’s locomotives are for the most part

the West of Holland, which once boasted a flourishing textile industry. One of the few remaining factories from this time now houses the museum. Spinning engines, looms and steam engines are linked with [...] The museum is truly encyclopaedic. Het Grote Verhaal - "the huge narrative" - invites visitors to embark on a journey through time from the ice age to the present day. It is located in the town of Twente [...] how industrialisation affected the lives of the people in Twente, and especially in Enschede. The museum brings back to life the regional weaving traditions and the rapid transformation of agricultural

known in previous locations as the Louwman Collection and the Nationaal Automobiel Museum (National Automobile Museum). It has been displayed since 2010 in a building designed by the American architect [...] The collection of vehicles now displayed in the Louwman Museum was begun in 1934 by a family closely involved in the motor trade in the Netherlands, who are currently importers of Lexus, Toyota and Suzuki [...] 230 cars and is chiefly important for the coverage it gives to the early years of the motor car industry. It includes more examples manufactured before 1910 than any other collection, the oldest being

The ecomuseum has organised four touring routes through the valley interpreting its industrial and geological heritage, and is responsible for a variety of educational programmes. It co-operates with c [...] turbulent history and the religious unrest of past centuries is reflected in the presence of a small museum concerned with the Waldensian faith. The extraction of talc, or bianco delle Alpi , has been an intrinsic [...] also gained their livings by raising crops and keeping animals. An association concerned with the heritage of the region, the Scopriminiera, was set up in 1998, and within ten years had welcomed 230,000

history museum in the buildings of the Certino sulphur mine and next to the Vittoria mineshaft. The mine closed in 1964 and it reopened as a museum in 1970, one of the first industrial heritage projects [...] projects in Italy. Sulphur is an element with many industrial uses, especially to make gunpowder, matches, fertilisers and insecticides. There was mining at Perticara in the seventeenth century. The present mine

stone. The mining museum is located in the town’s central square by the cathedral, but it provides a focus for the interpretation of the area’s industrial heritage. Tours from the museum guide visits to

production has moved to modern factories in newly established industrial zones. On the other hand, the awareness of the traditions of industrial heritage has been growing ever since. Thanks to that, the ancient [...] ‘Museo dell' Arte fabbrile e delle coltellerie’ industrial museum in 2009. Covering two spacious floors, the exhibition tells the story of the cutlery industry from its beginnings to the present day. With [...] production as well as product diversity and design history and, not least, the cultural history of the industry.

World Heritage Site. The factory of Giovanni Panizza & Co was founded in 1861, worked until 1981. The felt hats it produced were exported to all parts of the world. The factory now houses a museum which

of the cultural heritage of Slovakia. Visitors are able to travel on a 3.6 km section leading to the Kysuce open air museum at Cadca, which is responsible for its management. The museum was founded in 1974

Verona, near the southern tip of Lake Garda. The Nicolis Museum was the creation of Luciano Nicolis (1934-2012), who made a fortune from the paper industry, particularly from re-cycling paper, in Verona. Its [...] One outstanding exhibit is the Biciclo Michaux , exhibited at the Triennale di Milano 1865. The museum is accommodated in a specially-designed building in glass and steel, made possible by Luciano Nicolis