‘Wensleydale’. The visitor centre at the creamery has displays showing how Wensleydale was made by hand in farmhouses, and how it continues to be produced in the factory. There are demonstrations of the
on the west coast of Sardinia runs right through an old metalliferous vein. Visitors experience first-hand how metal ores were mined here around the middle of the 19th century and marvel at the blossom-white
advertising prints, toy theatre sheets, product labels and wallpaper. Today the workshop still uses hand-operated presses to produce original images. Historical equipment for stencilling, printing and paper-cutting
Saut-du-Tarn Steel Works at Saint-Juéry was founded in 1824. It specialized in manufacturing steel hand-tools such as files, scythes and sickles, and later agricultural machinery and other equipment with the
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
in the Rhône valley. The techniques are demonstrated using working equipment of yarn preparation, handloom weaving and mechanised weaving. Many earlier examples of equipment are also preserved in the museum
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
particularly in the manufacture and working of crystal, used for fine table wares, ornaments and chandeliers. Crystal glass in the past incorporated a high proportion of lead, but it is now made by a lead-free
all its villages. The process of destruction is still continuing and, at the same time, a new "second-hand" landscape is being created. North-east of Eschweiler is the Inden open-cast mine , one of three
nationalized in 1945, then became privately owned again in 1993. It still produces high-quality, hand-made glasswares. Tours of the factory take visitors to see the glass-blowers at work in the furnace building
000-year-old salt production of the Añana salt works in the province of Álava, which continues to be handcrafted to this day. As an ERIH Anchor Point, Añana Salt Valley presented on a separate page. Characteristic
"Days of Industrial Heritage on the Waterfront" for guided tours and demonstrations, visits and hands-on activities to showcase their facilities and tell their stories, with water always playing a major [...] Buxtehude, are located some 100 kilometres from the coast. The Curslack field drainage mill, on the other hand, stands for hundreds of wind-powered versions of its kind that once existed in the marshlands and
solid briquettes are all part of the exciting guided tour. The Museum of Printing Arts , on the other hand, revives several centuries of printing and media history with some 100 fully functional machines.
Aviation and its facilities are complex systems comprising flying objects, maintenance, handling and service facilities, repair yards, large-scale storehouses, administrative tracts, shops, building services
special guided tours, cabaret & comedy, light & laser, street theatre & performance as well as hands-on activities guarantee fun and action for every taste and age. Special highlights this year include
The Summer School combines interdisciplinary knowledge transfer with hands-on project activities and is designed for students enrolled in various disciplines. Among other things, they will be instructed
at glass jewellery combined with synthetic materials and base metals, and at huge crystal glass chandeliers worth hundreds of thousands of euros. They are introduced to glass tiles and other modern wall
know our history. For this reason, the II International Forum of Industrial Tourism aims, on the one hand, to deepen its knowledge from a cultural-heritage perspective and, on the other, to publicize experiences
