100 Schomstein’ (the town of 100 chimneys). The textile museum, which is part of the Sächsisches Industriemuseum (The Saxony museum of industry), is located in a factory built by the firm of Pfau Brothers [...] monument in 1990, and in 1993 an association was established with the aim of developing it as a textile museum. Restoration of the building began in 1996 and the project was completed in 2003. O n their tour

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 [...] accompanied ERIH ever since. There is John Rodgers, deeply involved with the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site and, like Jonathan, an ERIH enthusiast and board member from the very beginning [...] familiar face in the ERIH family, now represents the network in Scotland. He is deputy head of industrial heritage at Historic Environment Scotland, which includes a number of sites that hold ERIH membership

Rhineland-Palatinate to be part of the European Route of Industrial Heritage: "We are proud that Sayner Hütte has joined the ranks of ERIH World Heritage Sites such as Völklingen Ironworks and the Zollverein [...] 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 [...] concert at 6 pm. Prior to this, the foundation invites visitors to take a free guided tour of the heritage complex. Bendorf (D). Sayner Hütte Ironworks

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

preserved by the Ski-Mine cooperative, which was set up by enthusiasts in 1997 to present mining heritage. All visits are by guided tours booked in advance. Trains carry visitors 200 m to the heart of the [...] they walk 1 km back to the surface, seeing photographs, tools and equipment and flooded caverns. A museum of lighting includes examples of 2,000 lamps. In 2008, Ski-Mine bought the nearby Lupi mine in V

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 [...] 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

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

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 ships. [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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

practice websites on different topic 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 [...] SERVICE ERIH IH BAROMETER Since 2018, ERIH has been conducting surveys of industrial heritage sites in Europe in partnership with the Regionalverband Ruhr. more EXPERTS DATABASES Following you will find

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

mid-nineteenth century several of the warehouses were converted into corn mills. The boat-building industry flourished at Shardlow, in the nineteenth century, and several marinas built, maintain and accommodate [...] modern pleasure craft. The Salt Warehouse, the oldest canal warehouse in the village, now houses a heritage centre, where there are displays featuring the history of the canal and those who worked on it,