was nationalized in 1945, then became privately owned again in 1993. It still produces high-quality, hand-made glasswares. Tours of the factory take visitors to see the glass-blowers at work in the furnace

fibres to finished paper. A waterwheel is connected to ‘Hollander beaters’ for preparing the pulp. Hand processes are demonstrated of dipping a frame of wire mesh into liquid pulp, removing the sheets and

artists and craftspeople working in felt. Workshops give visitors an opportunity to try felt-making by hand for themselves.

countries. The museum is based in the brass-works buildings. The equipment preserved includes furnaces, hand-tools and machine tools for fabricating brass artefacts, polishing tools, laboratory equipment and

expanded with new buildings soon afterwards. It still specialises in making high-quality porcelain by hand. The museum is in a building for firing after decoration and shows the electric ‘muffle’ kiln used

an ‘L’ shape. It is built of stone with a timber structure. By 1826 it had 477 workers and operated hand looms and experimental power looms. A steam engine was installed and by 1888 it had three steam engines

Territorial System of 26 museums that explain industrialization in Catalonia. The site is furnished with hand-tools, charcoal, metal and equipment. The Ethnographic Museum, a few streets away in Plaça de l’Abat

The museum also examines the working lives of the weavers and the role of guilds. After seeing a hand-loom workshop from the mid-nineteenth century visitors experience a working power-loom. They can handle

cargo barge Helga built in 1955, the winch that pulled vessels upstream through the Stone Bridge, a hand-operated crane, an electric crane of 1912 and a steam boiler.

extraction and processing techniques, the life of the slate miners and local history. They include hand tools, equipment, examples of slates, photographs and a video of modern slate mining. From there,

special exhibitions by leading glass artists. But the focus is on experiencing the industry first-hand. Visitors begin in the glass-making workshop, where they can watch glassblowers and even try to blow

new channel - whether it's videos of major attractions such as Extraschicht in the Ruhr District, hands-on highlights like the Czech Dolní Vítkovice industrial complex or first impressions of the industrial

photographs, art works and stamps and medals. The 1880 Mauser-Milovanović rifle and the 1989 Vasić hand grenade are among the weaponry interpreted. A library is also available.

weave in different textiles and how processes have changed. It demonstrates weaving with a traditional hand loom and a Jacquard loom, braiding, label making and circular knitting. Most demonstrators worked

cutlery production has moved to modern factories in newly established industrial zones. On the other hand, the awareness of the traditions of industrial heritage has been growing ever since. Thanks to that

in war production and during the Second World War the workshop was leased to others. After the war hand-engraving became less and less viable, and the company lacked the resources to invest in new technology

disputed by the government of Ukraine, based in Kiev, and separatist forces. The town has changed hands several times during the dispute. The area has extensive reserves of very pure salt that have only

operated in the 1950s. Construction began in 1948 and every part of it apart from the electric motors was hand-made for the purpose. The aeronautics display includes a Bleriot monoplane of 1911 and a Cierva C30

lace was particularly important in Nottingham, where the time-consuming process of making lace by hand was mechanised from 1808. The region’s lace-making machines were exported around the world.

In a time when so much printing is digital, Colophon demonstrates its passion for paper, type and hand-made books. The museum is housed in the bailiff’s house in the ancient Savoie town of Grignan. The