A short distance from the city of Bilbao in the county of Las Encartaciones, stands, in an idyllic forest landscape, the majestic Tower of Loizaga. Built in the 14 th century during the Biscay fractio

Basque Maritime Museum is located in one of the few buildings that survived when the city was burned to the ground by British and Portuguese troops after the siege of 1813. The museum has no permanent

putting an end to a mining tradition which was typical for the region. The cellar of the Bergisch Museum of Mining, Crafts and Trade in the Bergisch-Gladbach suburb of Bensberg keeps alive the memories [...] variegated series of exhibitions housed here directly beneath the magnificent Bensberg Palace. The museum itself dates back to 1928 and is housed in the so-called “Little Tower House” adjacent to the local [...] under what conditions did the people live who built and equipped the feudal palace? A tour of the museum grounds becomes a journey back in time to the region’s crafts and trades. A tannery, a shoemaker’s

AB Iggesund concentrated on forest products, wood, wood pulp, paper and hydro-electric power. The museum, sponsored by present owners, Holmen AB, provides access to the well-preserved buildings of the ironworks

The project is known as a Verket (which translates as ‘Agency’) and as an Invelsemuseum (‘empathy museum’). Visitors can now explore the blast furnaces and the Siemens-Martin steel plant, whose workings

county of Østfold in south-eastern Norway, is the southern terminus of commuter trains from Oslo. The museum dealing with the history of the town and its industry was established in 1995 and moved to its present [...] company was subject to takeovers in the late twentieth century and ceased operation in 2012. The museum has displays concerning all the industries that flourished in the Moss region, including the ironworks

perforated kiln floor tiles, various documents and examples of the many uses made of malt. The town museum occupies part of the ground floor and includes displays on local industries.

visitors through the history of Luxembourg’s steel industry. In Rumelange, at the National Mining Museum , you will learn more about the mining of iron ore and walking along different trails will allow

installations needed to transform ore into metal (dam, channel, waterwheels and more). It was opened as a museum in 2004 with the aim of keeping the legacy of the iron culture of this particular area of Bizkaia

provided power for a host of different industries, corn mills, saw mills and paper mills. The town museum was established in 1987 and moved in 2002 to its present building, a factory with a long industrial [...] the last manufacturing premises in the area, the Papyrus paper mill, ceased working in 2006. The museum galleries tell the story of the various industries in Mőlndal, currently with particular emphasis [...] century until the 1930s. Water still flows beneath many of the buildings in Kvarnbygaten, and the museum publishes a trail guide which details their past uses.

eight’ ex-printers. The museum prospered and now has the support of more than 50 volunteers. It was rehoused in 1994-95 in a new building constructed within the Fredriksdal open air museum. The starting point [...] The printing museum in Helsingborg, the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, was established in 1988 during the celebrations of the centenary of the Graphic Workers Union in the city. The project attracted [...] printing works of the Helsingborg Dagblad (daily newspaper) which was demolished in 1913. This is a museum in which visitors can see every machine working. They can observe hand-setting of traditional lead

The museum was established in 1985 by the Association of Pszczyna Land Enthusiasts. In the former typographical office each visitor may imprint a commemorative print on a historical press in person. Thus

It is a complete, old printing house where the characteristic atmosphere of the old times has been preserved. This is the only such place in Poland where the entire collected equipment is fully operat

Randselva. Those with horizontal shafts are electrically driven. The mill worked until 1955. The museum is also notable for displays of sculpture in its grounds.

and the last beast was slaughtered at La Villette in 1974. The adaptation of the buildings as a museum began in 1979 under the direction of the architect Adrien Fainsilber, and le Cite des Sciences et [...] with the exterior, with vegetation from the surrounding gardens extending into the buildings. The museum holds collections of machines and scientific instruments relating particularly to computer science

largest German game cards factury operated. Since 2009 the society „Jugendkunst e. V.“ runs a living museum called „Spielkartenfabrik Museumswerkstatt Stralsund“. This handicraft work shop is located in a

Stettin, and the principal port for Berlin. The main themes of the Museum of Technology and Communications relate to road transport. The museum occupies a former depot for street trams, and amongst its prized [...] factory was closed and its machinery transported to the USSR at the end of the Second World War. The museum displays a variety of Stoewer motor vehicles as well as examples of those built in the city during [...] years of the People’s Republic of Poland. There are some sophisticated interactive displays and the museum is the venue for many cultural events.

Wincor-Nixdorf AG still has its headquarters in Paderborn. The Heinz Nixdorf Museum is claimed to be the world’s largest museum of computers, although that claim is contested. It portrays with more than [...] principal emphasis is on the development of computers. The museum is located in an attractive modern building, and is part of the Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum, which organises regular symposia on topics related

funding from English Heritage, Milton Keynes Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund. The National Museum of Computing, which opened at Bletchley Park in 2009 is the operating name of a separate charitable [...] a very large machine dependent for its operation on thousands of thermionic valves. The National Museum of Computing also has displays illustrating the development of computers from Colossus to the present

British Postal Museum & Archives, which was e-named the Postal Museum in 2016 when a new museum opened. The Postal Museum also has a store at Loughton in Essex and is associated with the Museum of the Post [...] The National Postal Museum was established in 1966, incorporating the 46 volume collection of Victorian philately made by Moses Phillips (1888-1977). It was opened in 1969 in the King Edward Building near [...] images of the postal services, and large collections of stamps. The unique feature of the Postal Museum is that visitors can take 20-minute rides over a short section of Mail Rail, the 10.5 km railway