Columbia of 1842 and an original Heidelberger Tiegel of 1926. Displays illustrated the development of hand-worked and machine presses through the centuries, and there are plentiful opportunities for visitors

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

life and operation of a coal mine. Mannequins show particular situations, such as coal-cutting by hand in narrow seams and making repairs after roof falls. The artefacts presented include roof supports

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

visitors of all ages and experience what it feels like to card, spin and weave wool with your own hands. In order to fully grasp the diverse industrial heritage that is scattered throughout the city with

of regional textile manufacture. To be part of it visitors are repeatedly encouraged to use their hands. In doing so they feel, for instance, the difference between wool, silk, cotton, linen and hemp –

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

clothing, documentation and photographs. Technological developments are explored from wooden blocks and hand-presses to screen-printing and digital inkjet. There is a reference collection of thousands of examples

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

marks put on pieces of cloth. The full range of machines and equipment used in the making of paper by hand is displayed. The large machines are still operated by water-power. There is a section showing how

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

industrial past. Families and schools are especially well catered for with educational display cases and hands-on museum games with which they can test their skills. The top storey of the museum can be comfortably

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

left-hand side, the changing world of work is depicted in a gypsum factory, a steam engine hall with a 1300-horsepower MAN tandem steam engine and a 1930s-style lead-printing workshop. The right-hand side [...] shadow of the factory and the office is brought to life. Visitors of all ages are invited to try their hand at some of the demonstrations. The Bicycle Collection and Motorbike Museum bring to life Nuremberg's

displays in a former monastery in 1977, but when Lithuania re-gained its independence the buildings were handed back to the Franciscan order. In 1992 the collections were re-located in the mansion and 43 ha park

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

swan of Patyolat , which advertises cleanness; the basket of Csemege ; the winking owl of the second-hand bookshop; the label of Mignon of the sweet-shop in Károly Street ensure the special atmosphere of

The story of Carpet Manufacture in Kidderminster is told in a series of galleries through films, hands-on activities, including a design your own carpet projection, and demonstrations from volunteers with

process from the raw wool to the finished cloth. It has live demonstrations with spinning wheels and hand-looms and large-scale industrial machines for carding, spinning and weaving. The historical collections

Chemnitz, presents the textile history of the Ore Mountains. Under the guidance of museum staff and on hand and power looms, visitors can learn various weaving techniques, spooling, as well as sectional and