The museum at Petrosani dates from 1961, but initially it was not strictly devoted to mining and its first temporary exhibition was devoted to the Cuban revolution. In 1966 the museum moved to its current [...] first headquarters of the SAR Patrosani company, and concentrated on interpreting the coal mining industry of the Jiu valley that dates from the 1840s. There are displays of miners’ tools, machines used

cotton. After the Second World War production expanded to several plants. The museum presents the history of the linen industry in part of the factory’s printing house. Working historical equipment and displays

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.

Aftwards a visit to the Pilsener Brewery Museum is highly recommended. Here you can learn all about the history of beer from ancient times until the start of the Industrial Revolution.

business until 1876, and the museum, established in the following year, comprehensively displays the technology of printing from the 16th century until the 19th. The museum is one of the best-preserved [...] historic working environments in Europe. In 2005 the complex was listed as Unesco World Heritage Site.

were filmed there, but it is also one of the best places in which to experience Cornwall’s mining heritage. As a visitor attraction Poldark originated in 1972 when Peter Young acquired the blacksmith’s forge [...] went into receivership, but was taken over the following year by Transcroft Ltd, a group of mining heritage enthusiasts. Some of the principal lodes from which mineral ores were obtained in Cornwall can be [...] including a waterwheel that was used by the Trenear Dairy on the site until about 1970. The mining museum at Poldark includes the collection from the well-known Cornish engineering firm Holmans of Camborne

on experience gained in many other countries, and who influenced the technological development of industry throughout Europe. The son of a trader from Pomerania, Germany, Wolf Christoph Polhem, he was born [...] but the project never materialised. Examples of his tools and models are displayed in the National Museum of Science & Technology, Stockholm, and at Falun.

porcelain at the same location in the town and port of Porsgrunds in south-east Norway. The museum occupies an industrial building on the waterfront of the Skien river or Porsgrunnselva. It is next to the working [...] profiled who have contributed designs to the factory, such as Nora Guldbrandsen and Odd Nerdrum. The museum also gives visitors an opportunity to try making porcelain for themselves. The Auction Hall nearby

plant, serves as a museum, and as a training facility for electrical engineers. The museum is a popular attraction in the Laponia (Lappland) National Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

called Überseestadt, which is one of the largest urban development projects in Europe incorporating industry, the service sector, recreational and residential areas. Speicher XI is one of the quarter's rare [...] work was tough and often dangerous, especially for those who worked at the wharfs. Today the port museum Speicher XI revisits the heyday of Bremen's freeports by displaying the jobs involved in general

A walk through Port Sunlight is like a journey through England’s architectural heritage set in a beautiful parkland setting. The picturesque character of this late 19th century garden village is no coincidence [...] Who lived here? Who maintains the more than 900 listed buildings still in use? The Port Sunlight Museum offers answers. After providing an overall picture of the settlement thanks to a detailed scale model [...] in the film “Sunlight Spirit”. Next door a former worker’s cottage has been opened as part of the museum’s visitor experience. Pop in for a visit before exploring the village on your own or with a tour guide

the town’s population. The canning industry declined after the Second World War, particularly during the 1970s and the last factory closed in 1985. The municipal museum occupies the former Feu Hermanos [...] the sardines to washing, salting, cleaning and canning. The museum is split into three exhibitions. The first traces the region’s industrial history with a focus on the La Rose canning factory, where much

century Ashton Canal Warehouse the museum combines a lively modern interior with a peaceful canal side setting. Portland Basin Museum is an exciting family friendly museum, with something for all the family [...] farm. Explore local crafts and industries and marvel at our historic machines. You can even drive a model canal boat, or play schoolyard games of yesteryear. The Museum lies seven miles to the east of [...] Manchester. The local borough of Tameside takes its name from the River Tame which helped power the Industrial Revolution two centuries ago. During this period a complex network of canals was constructed which

Portlaw lies on the River Clodiagh 20 km north-west of Waterford. It developed as an industrial community from 1825 when property in the vicinity was bought by David Malcolmson (1765-1844) a Quaker, descended [...] century, who had prospered by working corn mills in Clonmell and elsewhere, and was the founder of an industrial dynasty. Malcolmson’s property included a small corn mill which he replaced with a cotton factory [...] some houses for his workpeople from 1825, and more were added in the 1830s, but the celebrated industrial community of Portlaw was laid out in the time of his sons in the 1850s, possibly by the architect

processing quartz, feldspar and china clay. The end result is breakfast dishes. In the European Industrial Museum of China in the Bavarian town of Selb everything revolves around the so-called “white gold” [...] the present day. A complete range of machinery shows visitors how porcelain body comes into being. Museum workers form, cast, throw and press all sorts and varieties of vessels and objects. Passive infrared [...] contains working steam-engines. The most recent development has been the opening of the European Museum of Technical Ceramics containing everything from artificial hip replacements to heat shields used

is unrivalled by any other museum. Some 5,000 pieces are generally on display. The archaeology section of the museum is closely concerned with evidence of the ceramics industry that comes to light in excavations [...] The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (formerly the City Museum) occupies a purpose-designed building opened in 1981. It contains a collection of Staffordshire ceramics of every possible kind, earthenwares [...] both planned and otherwise. The museum also includes sections on the decorative arts (chiefly costume and textiles), geology and natural history. In the centre of the museum is a Spitfire fighter aircraft

the waterworks museum whose collection dates from 1952. Displays illustrate the history of water supplies in Prague from the twelfth century, through the Renaissance and the industrial developments of [...] of the nineteenth century to the present. The museum includes paintings of the waterworks by Josef Lada (1887-1957), best-known as illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek’s (1883-1923) The Good Soldier Švejk , who

sucessfully established economic autonomy. The ethnographic museum opened in the 1980s and has a rich collection on the local cutlery industry, including products, tools and machines. It aims to keep the [...] an altitude of roughly 1,000 metres, is one of the most spectacular sites of the European cutlery industry. The narrow streets are home to countless small workshops, and nearly all families in this 2,50

Zollverein Mine World Heritage Site in Essen. It complements the multimedia information offered by the "Portal of Industrial Heritage", which presents the "Route of Industrial Heritage in the Ruhr Area" and [...] and other interesting industrial heritage sites in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the industrial properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List and all ERIH Anchor Points in Europe. A mobile version of [...] with an Impact" illustrates the transformation of industrialized regions in Europe and gives an impression of the diversity of Europe's industrial heritage. This is realized on information boards, which as

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