onwards, tin toys were produced on an industrial scale. The tin soldier was also born in Nuremberg. Around 1895 there were 56 metal toy factories in the city. The museum presents this history as well as products

century for the growing chemical industries. Trabia Tallarita mine was started in the 1830s and employed 3,000 people at its peak in 1920. It closed in 1975 and became a museum in 2010. The main displays are [...] The museum is at the site of the Trabia Tallarita sulphur mine, about 7km west of Riesi on the Strada Statale 190 towards Sommatino. Central Sicily was the most important region in Europe for production

It incorporates several conserved industrial heritage sites including the Route du Feu at Blegny, the Bois du Cazier Mine at Marcinelle, le Grand Hornu, the mining museum at Bar-de-Luc and the PASS science [...] the Netherlands. The trail incorporates 43 towns and villages, and 340 large pit heaps from the Industrial Revolution period or later, as well as numerous smaller tips. The trail incorporates the tracks

The tramway foundation opened a museum in a depot of 1904 at Delfshaven before moving in 2010 to the Hillegersberg tram depot. The museum opened the following year, and re-opened after substantial refurbishing [...] the collection are able to go through the city. The museum is open to the public on the first Saturday of every month and on Architectural Heritage Day every September. [...] refurbishing in 2014. The museum holds a representative collection of about 50 of the tramcars once used in the city, approximately half of which are full restored and operational. They belong to several

historic trams circulate on the network, and the museum offers one hour round trips on historic buses on designated days. The museum also has a heritage tramway of 300 m at Vinerbro in the Oslo suburbs [...] The Sporveismuseet is the museum of local transport in Oslo, established in 1966 and managed by the Lokaltrafikkhistorisk Forening (LTF). Its collection of vehicles includes 25 tramcars, several trolley

Culture year will be industrial culture. Among other things, there will be industrial culture themed tours in museums, a new industrial history magazine with numerous company and museum portraits has been [...] the theme of industrial culture as it is a clear unique selling point for the region. From 2021, the "Long Night of Industrial Culture" will be organised in the region. Traditional industrial companies in [...] and allow a look behind the scenes of industry. In the meantime, 25 companies & museums open their doors to the public and allow visitors to participate in industrial history up close for one night with

Woollen cloth was manufactured in cottages across large parts of North and Mid-Wales before the Industrial Revolution, and in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century numerous small-scale water-powered [...] installed in 1949 generates electric power to work 50-year-old looms and can be viewed. The mill museum includes carding engines, spinning mules and warping machines. A 12 minute video shows how the wool

continued until 1999. Appreciation of the area’s industrial history was stimulated by an exhibition Le Miniere in Valtrompia staged in 1985 at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brescia, and local authorities [...] Ecomuseo di Valle Trompia La Montagna e l'Industria (Trompia Valley Ecomuseum. The Mountains and Industry). The Museum also manages and interprets La Via del Ferro (the Iron Road) a series of sites in the region [...] history of mining and ironworking. Chief amongst them is the Museo Le Miniere di Pezzaze (the mining museum at Pezzaze) set in the Marzoli iron ore mine, opened in 1886 by the Fratelli Beretta company who

in geometrical patterns on the mountain side. There are displays relating to the industry in the archaeological museum at Fundao. [...] horizons of mineralisation, and specimens from the Panasqueira mine are displayed in geological museums throughout the world. The landscape is dominated by large-scale modern plant, but conservation work

Industry is very important in S. Joao da Madeira. And, more recently, industrial history as well. This combination makes the city and its surroundings an exciting destination for fans of industrial heritage [...] presentations of industrial history. The shoe production, for instance, is represented by a museum, an academy for shoe design and two successfully working enterprises. The hat museum is accompanied by [...] information about locations and guided tours. In the factory next door, visitors can experience a museum of contemporary art, as well as an exhibition on the history of the Oliva company and its outstanding

pushed the establishment of industry. Following the example of the Soviet Union, the government formulated five-year plans and founded state-owned companies in key industries, which characterised the Turkish [...] pillar of the Turkish automotive industry with the licensed manufacture of Renaults. However, the crisis-prone economy was unable to establish a strong foundation. Industrial areas emerged primarily in the [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF TURKEY Listen By the beginning of the 20th century, the once-glorious Ottoman Empire had deteriorated for all practical purposes into an agricultural colony of the West. Due

mNACTEC, the Museums of Science and Technology of Catalunya. On the ground floor, the Museum explains the manufacture of objects such as cotton reels and spindles for the textile industry, from collecting [...] The Turnery Museum at Torelló examines the process industrialization in wood-turning and horn-turning, during which traditional craft workshops were replaced by factories that made components for the Catalan [...] Catalan textile industry. It is sited in the former Vidal factory, built between 1888 and 1901. The three-storey building had a steam engine to power line-shafts and belt-drives to the lathes. Later, the

companies in the drilling and supply industry and service companies contributed to the economic strengthening of the Emsland. The Twist oil and natural gas museum provides information on the formation [...] drilling rigs and pipelines work. On the open-air site, large plant components from the oil and gas industry can be viewed.

Constance) and the River Rhine. The entire town is on the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. Typorama is a museum of the printing industry managed by the Typorama Foundation established in 2011 and largely run [...] and the museum houses a collection of nineteenth and twentieth century printing machines all of which are in working condition. Also in the town, and closely associated with its printing industry, is the [...] mill which was established in the nineteenth century and worked until 1984 which is listed as a heritage site of national significance.

newborn humans and other animals are fully illustrated. This is the most disturbing of all industrial museums but the messages it conveys are of supreme importance. [...] Ukraine on 26 April 1992 was the worst in the history of nuclear power generation. The objective of the museum is to help humanity to understand the implications of what happened. Multi-media presentations explain

be seen in the Kyiv Aviation Museum. Soon, the Ukraine was producing around half of all the USSR’s tanks and missiles, making the country a centre of the military-industrial complex. However, as in the [...] Economy of Ukraine World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Ukraine? Heinrich Böll Stiftung Kyiv: Soviet Economic Integration or Industrial Colonialism? Boryslaw. Oil Fields Ukraine was a union [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF UKRAINE Listen The individual regions of the Ukraine differed greatly in their development because natural resources are unevenly distributed and because for centuries the

ns include four postal carriages of the early 19th century. The museum has several outstations which illustrate the industrial heritage of the region. [...] several sections, including the technology department which has displays illustrating the many industries of Upper Austria, including salt making, coal mining, textiles, and the manufacture of weapons

ties of Clausthal and Zellerfeld were united in 1926, the museum moved into the former town hall at Zellerfeld. The 29 galleries of the museum illustrated every aspect of mining for metallic ores from [...] shaft of 1880, which are the oldest steel headstocks in Germany. The museum and its monuments form part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1992, covering the mines of the Harz mountains including [...] The museum of mining in Clausthal-Zellerfeld was established in 1892 by Adulf Achenbach (1825-1903), a Saarlander who followed a varied career in the service of the Prussian government in several parts

water management system became part of the Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar World Heritage site in 2010. The system of managing water for non-ferrous metal mining in the area was developed [...] through a beautiful natural landscape where mining was once so important. The Upper Harz Mining Museum offers special tours of the system underground.

Located in the industrial city of Vassa, this is Finland’s largest private car museum. Owned by Vaasa Vintage Car Society, it opened in 1981 and moved to its present building in 2010. It explores the history