The first Museum of Typography in Greece is located in Chania, Crete, close to Souda harbour. It is a private initiative by Yannis Garedakis, founder of the local newspaper "Haniotika nea", and his wife [...] born in the 15th century in Gutenberg's workshop and literally changed the course of history. The museum consists of two large wings and three individual halls covering an area of approximately 1,200 m²

industrial museums to recall the history of the last 150 years. They include: • The Mining and Industrial Museum in El Entrego • The Asturian Railway Museum in Gijón • The Railway Industry Museum in Langreo

the neighbouring port of Amlwch was bursting at the seams. Today it is the site of an industrial museum which is simultaneously the start of a circular trail through the area’s turbulent past. Amongst

Finland’s national forestry museum is located in the Punkaharju region in the south-east of the country, an area rich in woodlands and with a long history of working timber. The permanent exhibition is [...] of work and leisure, beliefs and the arts in Finland over many centuries. The buildings within the museum include a former railway station, used as a centre for field studies and research, and the celebrated

Red, flat-topped spoil tips, known locally as ‘bings’, dominate the landscape of the Lothians. They are the legacy of the shale oil industry. Some can be seen from the approaches to the Forth Bridge.

which includes the 36-meter-high Staszic Hall equipped with a panoramic elevator, the 1.5-kilometer "Museum Route" at a depth of 135 meters illustrating the development of salt mining from simple wedges and

The Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry displays many large machines chiefly of the 20th century. Machines relating to the extraction of crude oil include drilling rigs, boring engines, beam pumps

production in 1857 and soon afterwards the first institute of oil technology opened in the area. The museum at Merkwiller-Pechelbronn is concerned with the history of the industry. It explains the geology

the latter became a subsidiary of the German company MAN AG. The MAN Diesel company and the city museum service collaborated to set up DieselHouse which opened in 2006 in the former machine hall of the [...] supplied electric power to Copenhagen for 30 years. The machine hall was adapted to meet the needs of a museum with three new storeys providing exhibition space. The displays show how diesel engines are used

underwent major renovation and today, along with the Freidano Ecomuseum, it houses the Ethnographic Museum, dedicated to the trades that once flourished there, Energy Park with features interactive hydraulic

the direction of a Scots manager, Daniel Fraser, in 1822. The company is responsible for a small museum in two pavilions between the Borenshults lock and Motala harbour, one with displays about von Platen

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

before being taken off to the markets. Nowadays “Lady Vic” is the headquarters of the Scottish Mining Museum, where visitors can get an insight into the highs and lows of an industry which was once the backbone [...] Scottish economy. The 500 metre main shaft may have been filled in. But that’s no matter. For the museum has its own gallery with a genuine underground atmosphere. The driving wheel on the pit head gear [...] really appreciate the talents of the colliers who knew how to exploit gravity to their own ends. This museum is all about hands-on activities. All the guides are ex-miners who can give you good solid information

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

completed in 1787. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1991.The principal part of a visit to the museum is a guided tour of the lighthouse itself, the top of which must be reached by climbing 72 steps

Summerlee is a heritage park with a large exhibition hall whose aim is ‘to preserve and interpret the history of the local coal, iron, steel and engineering industries, and of the communities that dep

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 [...] were exported to other parts of Scotland, to England, and abroad to Europe. The Musem is a National Museum, telling the story of the Scottish fishing industry, its boats, harbours and communities. It displays

electrified in 1889. The old engine room and other buildings around the base of the tower are a large museum that tells the story of signalling at sea from ancient times to the present. The authoritative national

the Community Museum. It is inside the impressive Workmen’s Hall, which was built in 1895 by local workers to provide them with a library, meeting rooms and a theatre/concert hall. The museum is run by volunteers

Housed in La Energía, an Art Nouveau building in Plaça del Gas, the Gas Museum takes visitors on a journey through the development of the gas and electricity industries in the 19th and 20th centuries.