with ore and coal mining trought the Roman Empire, Spanish domination and the era of the Industrial Revolution until the last mines closed at the end of the 20th century. Former mines and their remains

Cotonificio Cantoni is a cotton mill founded in 1847, on the verge of the Italian (late) industrial revolution, to exploit the energy of the Olona river. Since 1992 the buildings have housed the LIUC [...] University. For almost 150 years, Cantoni was a major player in the Italian textile industry. The factory underwent continuous expansion and adaptation, gradually integrating other existing buildings (both

explain the leading role that Blaenavon and South Wales played in the formative years of the Industrial Revolution. The centre will be a fun and educational place to visit for families, educational groups [...] is the first dedicated World Heritage Centre in the UK and is the focal point for the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site. The Visitor Centre combines video presentations, interactive touch [...] history, as St. Peter’s school was the first purpose built school in Wales to be established by an industrial employer for the benefit of the children of the workers.

town – with a huge effect. The South Wales town of Blaenavon was once the spearhead of the industrial revolution. For 200 years everything revolved around coal and iron here in the Afon Lwyd Valley. This [...] Blaenavon owes its status as a cultural World Heritage Site to the sheer authenticity of its former industrial landscape.

oldest industrial regions in Germany. How the economic, social and cultural upheavals between 1750 and 1850 in the Wuppertal region all hang together is explained in the Wuppertal Museum of Industrial Culture [...] adjacent “towns”, two of which - Barmen and Elberfeld – were to become strongholds of the textile industry. Some time later yarn processing – dying, weaving and braiding - also took root in Wuppertal. Small [...] child labour and hunger. These were met with uprisings, revolts and – especially after the 1848/49 revolution – Christian welfare initiatives and a rise in political awareness amongst the working-class. All

were specialising in lead crystal, the production of which survived both the French and the Industrial Revolution. Luxury goods are simply timeless. Handmade glassmaking has flourished in the Vosges region

the symbol of the industrial revolution which began in the neighbouring iron works belonging to the Coalbrookdale Company. Its factory buildings set milestones along the path of industrial progress from cast [...] production to the pioneering engineering achievements in railway technology. Later other important industrial enterprises were set up in the neighbourhood. Today the old factory sites offer a fascinating tour [...] England. A trip to the Ironbridge Gorge is an exciting journey into the pioneering past of the industrial era. The monuments to this unique breakthrough have now been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage

“movement”. Meanwhile the adults can follow another audio guide going back in time to the Industrial Revolution. Thus, every visit to the museum rapidly turns into a fascinating expedition. [...] exhibition area of 26.500 square meters and examining all aspects of the city's technological and industrial history, always connecting it to mankind's cultural history. That's particularly thrilling when

Here you can learn all about the history of beer from ancient times until the start of the Industrial Revolution.

working day. But the museum does not simply bear witness to hand work on the edge of the industrial revolution. Today it presents exhibitions of paintings, photography and sculpture, not forgetting other [...] functional mills in the country Fellenberg bears witness to the transition period from hand work to industrial factory production. In 1797 a flour mill was set up in the town of Merzig in a street called "am

Project is a unique new industrial exploration centre. Based at the two mills that pioneered paper’s industrial revolution, the project brings together the past of an industry that helped shape the modern [...] inherently sustainable industries – paper. The foundations of the Paper Trail Project are the two neighbouring sites of Apsley and Frogmore Mills, the birthplace of paper’s industrial revolution. Frogmore Mill

There was heavy industry in Elsecar from the early 18th century. Elsecar and the adjacent villages were packed with collieries, ironworks, and other industrial concerns, playing a critical role in the [...] last worked in 1928. The Newcomen Beam Engine is one of the most important inventions of the industrial revolution and a breakthrough in the creation of mechanical power from steam. [...] cut into the site in the 1790s and a railway with vast sidings created in the 1840s. Elsecar’s industrial story continued long into the 20th century. The buildings which are now Elsecar Heritage Centre

optical industry is explored in a museum in the Kulturzentrum Rathenow (Rathenow Cultural Centre) at the town of Rathenow in north-east Germany. The pioneer of optics, who brought the future industry to Rathenow [...] publicity. There are also displays about the history of the town from the Middle Ages through the industrial revolution to the Second World War and the communist era.

museum. They produced films and sold their technology with great success, beginning a revolution in the entertainment industry. Later they pioneered colour photography and stereoscopic cinematography. With unique

former industrial area of Landek is protected natural heritage and combines beautiful nature with an exhibition mapping out the progress of humankind from Stone Age through the Industrial Revolution all the

providing visitors with a multimedia panorama of working conditions from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the present day. The aim is to point out the importance of giving people a safe and healthy [...] museum as if they are travelling in a time machine. Everything is so deceptively real: the early industrial spinning machine, the building crane, the aeroplane cockpit, the surveyor’s office. The message [...] adults and specialist professional groups. In 1996 DASA was awarded the title of the “best new industrial and technical museum in Europe”.

Lyon is Europe’s pre-eminent silk-working city. The industry’s origins in the city go back centuries before the Industrial Revolution, and it is fitting that the displays in the museum take a long view [...] French fashion industry is explored. Further displays are concerned with the history of the related trades of lace-making and embroidery. The museum is descended from the Museum of Art and Industry, established [...] take-up of the craft in Europe, through Sicily, Spain and southern France. The role of the silk industry in Lyon is fully illustrated with particular stress on such manufacturers as Pillement, Philippe

The outstanding monuments of the Industrial Revolution period in Oporto are the two wrought-iron bridges that cross the River Douro. Both provide evidence of international co-operation in civil engineering

bank of the River Tees about 9 km from its mouth, is one of the classic new towns of the industrial revolution. It developed from the 1820s as a port for the despatch by sea of coal brought to the coast

thereby introducing a „wool-spinning“ industrial revolution to Verviers shortly after 1800. Around 1850 there were roughly 18,000 workers employed in the wool industry! And by 1854 there were 212 steam engines [...] are a dream for fans of industrial history. Even though they have been considerably renovated everywhere, the town on the River Weser still exudes the charm of its past industrial history. As early as the [...] 143 of which were in the wool industry! The factories in Verviers were widely acknowledged as a stronghold in introducing technical innovations into the wool cloth industry: indeed they were regarded as