until it was sold to the industrial entrepreneur Antti Ahlström in 1886. After 250 years, the ironworks ceased operations in 1950. Today Strömfors Ironworks is considered one of Finland's best preserved [...] buildings is the brick building of a water-powered forge dating from 1871, which used charcoal for its fresh fire operation. It was in use until 1950. Since 1960, it has housed a museum where visitors can learn [...] in1887, is also used as a museum. The church in the ironworks settlement dates from to the early 1770s and there are still many workers' houses along the riverbank, the oldest of which dates from to the

During the British Industrial Revolution Jedediah Strutt was among the fathers of the factory system. After making innovations in knitting stockings he worked with Richard Arkwright to build the first [...] first water-powered cotton-spinning factories. Industrial settlements associated with him are inscribed in the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage site. He grew up in Derbyshire in central England, where his [...] apprenticed to a wheelwright at the age of 14 and later began his own business as a wheelwright. After he married and inherited a farm from his uncle at the age of around 28 he began stocking knitting and

built in 1909 for use on a colliery line and a fleet of passenger coaches from the 1950s. Films and displays explore how trains work and the impact of coal and electricity. On scheduled days, visitors can [...] can take a ride on a 1950s passenger steam train or heritage diesel locomotives, which run from the museum to Percy Main. [...] ideas that helped spread railways and locomotives across the world. The Stephenson Steam Railway Museum celebrates their achievements. It is located on a standard-gauge, single-track railway that runs

a general idea of Leipzig's industrial heritage and its interconnections is to book a guided tour on a historic e-carriage. Along the way, the tour covers everything from the industrial pioneer Dr Carl [...] 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 [...] open their doors for a close-up look behind the scenes. Since Leipzig's industrial heritage is part of Central Germany, some of the event venues are located in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. As always,

the town of toys, was founded in the Gründerzeit (Wilhelminian era) as an industrial settlement with checker-board pattern streets, composing a structure of urban blocks. Over 90 percent of the buildings [...] the Town of Toys’ representative office, and the former US-American department stores Kresge and Halbourne. Further highlights of Sonneberg are the German Teddy Bear Museum, the SOMSO Museum for anatomic [...] architecture of the historicism and International Style (“Neues Bauen”), including Art Déco, Bauhaus and neoclassicism. Most important witnesses to the toy industry are the German Toy Museum, the New Townhouse

in the 1960s and the company still produces salt today. The old plant is now a museum. The Solana Museum tells the story of salt production from the Neolithic period to the present day. It displays ancient [...] Salt is an essential material for preserving food and for many industrial processes. It was produced from brine springs at Tuzla in prehistoric, Roman and medieval times. In 1884 a large new salt works

different image of the world of work, based on the ideas of self-responsibility and the market economy. This meant the concept of the "free worker" instead of the slave economy and free trade instead of customs [...] because of the lack of zinc. As early as the 16th century, Portuguese merchants had millions of brass bracelets made in the German Rhineland to pay for the slaves supplied to them by the kings of Benin. [...] sabre-rattling of the powerful industrial nations, which increasingly rivalled aggressively for colonies, were the needs of the dominant industries. Industrialisation also changed the ideological side of colonialism:

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photographs and examples of costumes made from silk and fabrics designed for the fashion houses of Paris. Part of the museum is devoted to the history of the Charlieu corporation of weavers, which is now [...] The two museums of Charlieu are housed in the former Hôtel-Dieu de Charlieu hospital, built in the 18th century. One is the Hospital Museum, which displays the historical men's ward, operating theatre [...] In 1992 the former women's ward became the Silk Museum. The town has been a centre for making high-quality silk fabrics since the 18th century. The museum includes several working textile machines for silk

some cases entire industrial districts. The Foundation addresses this development with research on the industrial history of Silesia, hands-on protection of the tangible industrial heritage and education on [...] preservation, further development and dissemination of the cultural heritage of Silesia. Foundation for the Protection of Silesian Industrial Heritage [...] undergoing a process of economic changes, initiated by the social and economic reforms at the end of the 20th century. One of the consequences is the liquidation of many historic industrial branches, in some

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

dealing with industrial heritage. more LINKS Our link list: websites from all over Europe which present the industrial heritage of a country or a region – most of them from a tourism point of view. more [...] has been conducting surveys of industrial heritage sites in Europe in partnership with the Regionalverband Ruhr. more EXPERTS DATABASES Following you will find a selection of links to expert databases and

his collection to the Ateneum museum in Helsinki. The development of the Gosta Serlachius Museum of Fine Arts was encouraged by his son R Erik Serlachius (1901-80). The museum was opened in 1945 at the family [...] Gösta Serlachius was one of the leading Finnish entrepreneurs of the first half of the 20th century, an important figure in politics and military affairs, and a connoisseur of the arts whose collections [...] a succession of mergers in the late 20th century and is now part of the Metsa-Serla group. The White House in Mantta, its headquarters building of 1934, now houses the G A Serlachius Museum that interprets

disruption of the Napoleonic Wars. A section of the factory survives as a university building. The emblem from its gates and other material about calico printing are displayed in the industrial museum. [...] Heinrich Schüle was a pioneer in the industrial-scale production of printed cotton fabric in eighteenth-century Bavaria. He broke through traditional restrictions at the city of Augsburg to establish a large [...] In 1759 he opened his own printing works but continued to put out the work of painting to domestic workers and residents of the Augsburg poor-house. His high-quality products found markets across Europe

several parts of Europe and took his knowledge to Łodz in Poland. The factory he built there in 1855 was one of the biggest in the world, covering 168 hectares. The population of Łodz as an industrial city grew [...] took over the factory. In 1852, he began to develop a series of cotton factories in the city of Łodz. By 1870, his company was the largest of its kind in Poland and employed nearly 2,000 people. He continued [...] station and workers’ settlement at Księży Młyn are preserved. Schiebler’s mansion there is now the museum of cinematography. His wife built a massive gothic mausoleum for him at Łodz.

Chairwoman of the Foundation, emphasises with confidence that Sayner Hütte is the first and only monument in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate to be part of the European Route of Industrial Heritage: [...] joined the ranks of ERIH World Heritage Sites such as Völklingen Ironworks and the Zollverein Mine and Coking Plant." ERIH President Prof. Meinrad Grewenig, also Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Sayner [...] will be attending the ceremony on 24 March at 3 pm as well. His keynote speech on this "jewel of industrial history" states, among other things: "The attractively restored buildings on the monument site

deputy head of industrial heritage at Historic Environment Scotland, which includes a number of sites that hold ERIH membership. The position of ERIH Coordinator for England is now in the hands of Dr Mike [...] an industrial and landscape archaeologist with more than 30 years of experience in the heritage sector, helped to set up the first ERIH networks in the UK and more recently, as Industrial Heritage Support [...] for England’s industrial heritage sites and the organisations that run them. In this role, on behalf of Historic England, he has already worked closely with Jonathan and took advantage of existing synergies

the turn of the 20th century. Inside: innovative products of Saxon industrial history, the major ones highlighted on a silver strip. The exhibits cover more than 200 years, from the beginning of industr [...] demonstration of machines is a focal point of the museum. In the basement, where the textile tools are located, an entire production line is switched on, illustrating the century-old history of the Saxon textile [...] textile industry by automatically spinning, knitting and weaving. One of the highlights of this fascinating tour is the factory‘s engine house with its attractive frescos, complete with a steam engine

territory of the Geo-mining Park of Sardinia. The CMSB Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the tangible and intangible mining heritage, offering hikers a unique opportunity to discover the history of the miners [...] identity. The CMSB Foundation is founder and member of the European Mining Routes of Santa Barbara Federation, a network dedicated to promoting mining heritage across Europe. The Federation promotes routes that [...] provide a unique opportunity to discover the rich industrial mining heritage in a sustainable way, immersing visitors in the history and culture of the mining communities that shaped these landscapes

exceptional overlap of ancient and industrial traces, particularly evident in the museum of classical artworks housed in one of the papermill buildings, as marked by the tracks of the mine carts here preserved [...] The Sanctuary of Hercules the Victor is a unique monumental complex in the medieval centre of Tivoli, 30 km northeast of Rome, that combines classical and industrial archaeology. The Sanctuary was built [...] power plant in the world capable of transmitting current at a distance. All these factories used the strenght of water, identity element of technological progress and source of fascination for Grand Tour travellers