mills for the woollen and flax industries were built, notably by Wendisch in 1827 and Gayers in 1835. However, tariffs between Poland and Russia caused the industries to decline. When tariffs were removed [...] Karl (or Karol) Scheibler learned about the mechanised textile industries in several parts of Europe and took his knowledge to Łodz in Poland. The factory he built there in 1855 was one of the biggest [...] biggest in the world, covering 168 hectares. The population of Łodz as an industrial city grew from 18,000 in 1851 to 100,000 in 1878. It became one of the most important textile manufacturing cities in Europe

forestry and game office and at the years of industrialization as part of a spinning mill and even of an agricultural machinery factory. A department of the museum not directly connected with the castle's

g, foundry work, vehicle construction and peripheral industries from Schönebeck and the surrounding region, is remembered by the Industrial Museum. It was opened in 2013 in the over 100-year-old, partly [...] manufacturer still in production today. The history of these industries, as well as that of numerous other companies from the industrial sectors of energy, explosives, ammunition and weapons, mechanical [...] Schönebeck, located 15 km south of Magdeburg on the Elbe river, has a considerable but little-known industrial history, which also has some special features. Since the 12th century, brine, from which salt was

building. The emblem from its gates and other material about calico printing are displayed in the industrial museum. [...] Johann 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

Kensington in 1857, from which, in due course the Science Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Natural History Museum all evolved. The Science Museum had a separate formal identity from 1909, and the principal [...] The Science Museum in London holds one of Europe’s greatest collections of artefacts relating to the history of science and industry. A collection of objects from the Great Exhibition of 1851was put on [...] by government to management by a board of trustees. Many of the principal exhibits relating to industrial heritage are displayed in a section called Making the Modern World, which includes the steam locomotive

Large objects from the collection of the National Museum of Science & Industry that cannot be displayed at South Kensingon are held at the former RAF base at Wroughton, Wiltshire, in six hangars and a

The Musem is a National Museum, telling the story of the Scottish fishing industry, its boats, harbours and communities. It displays cover virtually every aspect of the industry and community, both at sea [...] domestic equipment and artworks. Housed in historic buildings, the Museum was founded in the late 1960s. At the centre of the Museum is a cobble stone courtyard. Explore the fascinating range of historic [...] The Scottish Fisheries Museum is in a spectacular location opposite the harbour in the fishing village of Anstruther, in the beautiful East Neuk of Fife. From the earliest recorded history of Anstruther

The award-winning Scottish Maritime Museum at Irvine and Dumbarton is home to Scotland's seafaring heritage. At two sites in the west of Scotland you can learn about Scotland’s importance to maritime history [...] and Brothers’ innovative and experimental approach to shipbuilding made waves in the shipbuilding industry from the 1800s to 1963. See the world’s first commercial ship model experiment tank. Enter the world

Lisbon, and has been the home to a variety of industries, the monuments of several of which are preserved by the Municipal Ecomuseum. The maritime museum practices and teaches the techniques used in building [...] traditional wooden vessels used on the Tagus, and trips on the river are amongst the museum’s activities. The museum is a member of European Maritime Heritage, which promotes the operation of traditional [...] The maritime museum at Seixal keeps alive Portugal’s ancient traditions of wooden ship-building. Seixal is the centre of a heavily industrialised region at the mouth of the River Tagus, 14 km south of

Mining Museum from 1980. The Mining museum is unique technical museum of coal mining in Serbia, but it also presents assets and social history of Senjski Rudnik. The most attractive part of the museum is still [...] 1874.In June 2009 the project of rehabilitation of the site and transformation of the Museum to modern national industrial heritage centre has been started, supported by the EU and Council of Europe. [...] Rudnik, established in 1853, is Serbia’s oldest active brown coal mine and the oldest preserved industrial heritage site. Located in eastern Serbia, 150 km southeast of Belgrade, this small town is surrounded

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 [...] acquainted with new thinking about occupational safety and the provision of health facilities for industrial workers. On his return to Finland he managed a paper mill at Kangas in 1904-08, was managing director [...] a leading role in the establishment of national organisations representing the interests of the industry. He was active in the White Army during the Finnish Civil War of 1918, and was sent to Britain in

Finnish paper industry and art. The museum believes in the power of narrative and tells touching tales from history and today. The story of G. A. Serlachius, a legend in Finnish paper industry is presented [...] Serlachius Museum Gustaf is located in Mänttä-Vilppula, a beautiful lakeside town of about 10,000 people in West Finland, 90 km north-east of Tampere. Museum Gustaf’s exhibitions feature the history of [...] office in 1986 following the merger of the G. A. Serlachius company and was opened as a museum in 2003. The industrial development of the locality set off when mill founder G. A. Serlachius built a pulp mill

This journey into the industrial past is a good 25 km long and leads through the heart of England. The Severn Valley Railway operates almost throughout the year with a huge variety of historic steam trains [...] tower – with Kidderminster, a former carpet-making centre and now the site of a fascinating railway museum. The railway line follows the twists and turns of the Severn through an idyllic rural valley almost

first industrial heritage sites to be preserved in Britain. A campaign to protect it as part of the heritage of steelmaking in Sheffield began in 1933. It is now run by Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust

by repute, the town’s shoe industry began when redundant soldiers began to sell simple shoes called schlabbe, made from leather parts of their uniforms. The shoe industry prospered while Pirmasens was [...] Europe, the industry has declined as production has been transferred to countries where wage costs are lower, although Pirmasens remains a centre for research into leather technology. The shoe museum is one

Schneedberg council since 1990. In the town centre, at Ob. Zobelgasse 1, the council runs a museum of mining folk art (Museum für bergmännische Volkskunst). [...] Siebenschlehener mine to produce cobalt, which was used as a blue colouring in the ceramic and glass industries. The area was the most important producer of cobalt in the world from the sixteenth to nineteenth

Other museums are in preparation, including the Silesian Porcelain Museum in Tułowice near Opole, the Museum of Agricultural Techniques in Piotrowice Śląskie near Świdnica, the Railway Museum in Dzierżoniów [...] the liquidation of many historic industrial branches, in some cases entire industrial districts. The Foundation addresses this development with research on the industrial history of Silesia, hands-on protection [...] protection of the tangible industrial heritage and education on the economic factors underlying the threat to industrial relics. The most important activity of the Foundation is the protection of specific

remain in the region. The industry is commemorated in the museum at Saint Hippolyte du Fort, a small town on the River Vidourie, which provided power for throwing mills. The museum portrays all the processes

the silk industry. It now houses exhibitions exploring the properties of silk, design education, Macclesfield´s diverse textile industries, workers´ lives and historic machinery. The Silk Museum follows [...] audio-visual presentation tells of the development of the industry in the town from the perspective of various people involved in the silk industry. The story of silk comes to an end as we consider how silk

border with Turkey in 1922 cut off Soufli from areas that had been its hinterland. The museum is a site of the Museum Network of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group (PIOP). It has displays [...] the manufacture of silk fabrics and thread. A further section places the rise and decline of the industry in the region in its broader political and economic context.