are conserved in the historic dockyard which also contains several buildings of significance in industrial history. The dockyard visitor centre co-ordinates facilities. HMS Victory, the flagship of Admiral [...] steam propelled warships, on the gun deck, on the open decks and in the engine room. The National Museum of the Royal Navy is also in the Dockyard, and tells the story of Britain’s fighting ships and those

The Norwegian Folk Museum was founded in 1894 by Dr Hans Aall (1867-1946) and opened its collection of re-erected buildings on the island of Bygdoy, not far from the centre of Oslo, in 1902. It now contains [...] of linen cloth and the making and decoration of chests, cupboards and other items of furniture. Industrial buildings include a late 19th century fulling mill from Nordfjord, and 18th century sawmill from [...] candle-making are demonstrated, and there are ten mileposts, some in cast-iron scattered about the museum.

station at Temple Meads, Bristol, are the subject of a UNESCO World Heritage Site nomination, under preparation by English Heritage. A large collection of Great Western locomotives and rolling stock, together [...] The Great Western Railway was the largest British railway company before the industry was re-organised by the government in 1923, with radial routes from London to Penzance and through Birmingham to Birkenhead

made traditional Finnish cream cheese and buttermilk cheese, which is now a museum, showing the importance of the dairy industry in Finland. There are also sections showing how shoes and chairs were made

again and was the centrepiece of the museum when it opened to the public in 1914. It now comprises 75 buildings from 20 towns, most of them in Jutland. Early industry is represented by a water-powered wool [...] pottery, and the theme of textile production can be followed throughout the museum. The Old Town is one of the most popular museums in Denmark and is visited by some 3.5 million visitors a year. [...] The Old Town in Arhus, the principal city of Jutland, is unusual amongst European open air museums in that it consists largely of urban buildings rather than farmsteads that have been removed from their

This is a walk with a difference. For 14 miles you can follow this industrial age canalised river, meandering gracefully through quiet countryside. The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation opened in 1797 [...] Basin. The river Navigations opened up eastern England for the first time to the influence of the Industrial Revolution. For the first time, large shipments of coal and pig iron penetrated inland to Heybridge [...] Blackwater at Langford, just upstream from its junction with the navigation at Beeleigh, lies the Museum of Power which is another ERIH site. Though no longer used by commercial barges, pleasure boats can

dwellings for 48 families in three blocks built around a courtyard in Streatham Street, near the British Museum, remains. Access to the apartments is by wrought-iron balconies, they are of fireproof construction [...] Parnell House and managed by the Peabody Trust. There is usually public access to some of the flats on Heritage Days each September.

thrashing machines for attachment to their steam engines. A range of these can be seen in the Museum at Thetford. The Museum, housed in the Old Paint Shop of the famous St. Nicholas Works, tells the story of the [...] enthusiasts who were all unpaid volunteers who wished to see the Burrell heritage of Thetford preserved. The Charles Burrell Museum attracts many traction engine enthusiasts. Charles Burrell engines are

Mill. The Trust is also planning a Heritage Centre at the Granary depicting the history of the River Stour Navigation. Sudbury was one of the most important industrial towns in Suffolk, producing not only [...] modern age. It remained in use for commercial traffic for over 200 hundred years connecting the industrial town of Sudbury with the Stour estuary port of Mistley and the major ports of Ipswich, Harwich [...] Constable family, where the Stour barges were made. Flatford Mill, once the scene of intensive industrial activity, is a now superb centre for quiet walks and recreation. From here you can also enjoy a

of a major grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. A new visitor centre tells the story of windmills, cornmilling and the people who lived and worked in this demanding industry. You can climb through the

was once at the heart of Burnley´s textile industry. The name was first used in the 1970s, as interest developed in preserving Burnley´s industrial heritage, and refers to the roughly triangular shape [...] sheds and spinning mills encloses the canal, making this one of the finest surviving Victorian industrial landscapes in the country.

variety of museums, some belonging to the state and some privately-operated. They include a museum of wax figures, a museum of emigration and two museums of weapons. The industrial heritage of the region [...] region can best be appreciated in the Museum of Agriculture, Culture and Traditions in and around the house of Fabrica in Montecchio. The house was first recorded in 1770, and it was restored by the state

adapted as the national museum of the gas industry in Denmark and opened in 2002. The first gas plant for public supply in the country opened in Odense in 1857. At the industry’s peak there were 112 works [...] features of the museum. The galleries illustrate the development of the industry in Denmark, from its use in lighting homes to its application to other household tasks and its role in industry. Displays illustrate

remain include a foundry and a machine shop with cast-iron columns. Part of the site is occupied by a museum of armaments displaying many guns made on the site. Torre Annunziata, only 5 km from Pompeii, was [...] Poppea, destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD is part of the Pompeii and Herculaneum World Heritage Site, designated in 1997.

The Regionalverband Ruhr co-ordinates the Route of Industrial Heritage at the Ruhr.

closely associated with L T C Rolt (1910-74), biographer of several of the leading engineers of the Industrial Revolution period, whose voyage of 1939 described in the book Narrow Boat began at Banbury, and [...] ‘Cressy’, was maintained at Tooley’s Boatyard in Banbury, which is now conserved as part of Banbury Museum. The yard dates from circa the late eighteenth century and includes a dry dock and a smithy, both [...] the opposite side of the canal from the boat yard, with which it is linked by a bridge, is Banbury Museum, housed in a modern buildings. Its collection includes exhibits, amongst them a loom, relating to

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

witnesses of industrial history as North Rhine-Westphalia. A tight network of more than 60 industrial museums and visitor mines, almost 200 museums and facilities presenting the industrial history of NRW [...] NRW, and an even larger number of industrial and technology monuments characterises the region. The central objectives of Tourismus NRW e.V. - the touristic umbrella association for North Rhine-Westphalia [...] lia - include the promoting the image of (industrial) tourism as a future-orientated business factor, the optimization of general conditions for touristic marketing and the promotion of touristic cooperation

monuments. Limoges is still the principal centre of porcelain manufacture in France. The museum of the porcelain industry was founded in 1845 by the local archaeological and historical society. It was developed [...] porcelain factory in the area was opened in 1771, and taken over by the Sèvres company in 1784. The industry flourished in the 19th century, the number of factories increasing from 15 in 1827 to more than [...] which he had purchased, and acted as curator from 1865. He persuaded the local authority to allow the museum to be moved into a former lunatic asylum. In 1881, the year of his death, it was taken over by the

weavers still worked in their own homes. The industry subsequently contracted, and the last domestic weavers ceased working about 1960.The idea of a museum of weaving in the village was put forward in [...] strike of weavers in Lyons in 1831 some manufacturers moved production to country areas, and the silk industry in Bussières began to flourish, reaching a peak of prosperity in the early 20th century. Some factories [...] increased. In 1993 the community acquired an old factory, once owned by the Braud company, and the museum occupied it from 1998. Visitors can now see displays about the history of silk weaving in Bussières