site is managed by the Peak District Mines Historical Society from the Peak District Lead Mining Museum at Matlock.

clipper route. The unique feature of Arlington Court is the presence of the National Trust’s carriage museum. In 1964 the Marquess of Bute presented the Trust with a collection of eight historic carriages which [...] including some from other country houses belonging to the National Trust and some from the Science Museum, London. They include the Craven state chariot, a carriage built for the Earls of Craven in the

requirements, and the Drakelow Tunnels Preservation Trust was set up to interpret the tunnels as a museum of the Cold War. Tours cover only about a quarter of the site but include all aspects of the complex

The motor museum at Motala was opened in 1995 and stands in an attractive location on the shore of Lake Vättern. Its collection numbers more than two hundred vehicles including mopeds and bicycles as well [...] fully-operation garage and filling station of the 1920s, and a touring caravan from the 1950s. The museum has several cars that carried celebrities visiting Sweden, including an armoured Lincoln imported [...] used by several heads of state including Mrs Indira Gandhi (1917-84) prime minister of India. The museum has several Rolls Royces. The 125 motor cycles include Italian Ducati and MV Augusta,models, BSA

main lines in the vicinity were electrified and most branch lines closed. The depot was adapted as a museum from 1985, and the collection includes more than 200 vehicles, including No 3673 of the Bavarian [...] 2-10-0s, a variety of electric locomotives and some railbuses. Diesel and steam locomotives from the museum occasionally work special trains on the branch line to Gunzenhausen and as far as Feuchtwangen on

one of the chief leather working towns in Germany, and its industrial heritage is commemorated in a museum opened in 2003 in the former factory of the Abel company. Ultra-modern displays feature tools used

the porcelain museum, alongside the chamber pots made for emperors and kings, and contemporary tableware complete with fully laid tables for all occasions. The multimedia tour of the museum is spoken by [...] to the present day. "The House of Villeroy & Boch" now contains a visitor centre with a porcelain museum that relates its history with new media and valuable old exhibits. In 1809 an iron caster by the [...] by the legendary Sir Peter Ustinov. Visitors can round off the tour in style in the museum café, an authentic replica of a Dresden milk shop. The fixtures and fittings were also manufactured here: Villeroy

Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is situated in the heart of the picturesque Dulais Valley and tells the story of colliery life from Victorian times to the 1950s. The museum is housed in the original colliery [...] stalls, pit props, tramways and other equipment used underground. One of the many highlights of the museum is the distinctive boiler house with its suite of six Lancashire steam boilers and the magnificent [...] As well as many fascinating artefacts from the mining industry such as tools and equipment, the museum also houses a restored and unique gas tram, which ran in Neath until 1920.

Located in the heart of the west Wales countryside the National Wool Museum tells the story of the forty mills once clustered around Dre-fach Felindre. Cambrian Mills, the only mill left in the village [...] village, has remained in continuous operation since it was built in 1902. It now houses the Museum. Centuries-old techniques, forgotten skills and traditional ways of life sit alongside a thriving, working woollen

Opened in 2015, this is a new tourist attraction in the Commune of Żarki. The 100 year old electric mill has undergone a metamorphosis, and inside there are unique exhibitions related to milling, shoe

television sets could be bought on hire purchase. A further section of the museum illustrates the nature of industrial work. The museum includes a beer hall where visitors can sample typical Danish working-class [...] The workers’ museum is located in the assembly house of the strong trades union movement in Copenhagen that was built in 1878-79, and remained for many decades the focus of the Danish labour movement and [...] and a meeting point for Socialists from all over Europe. The museum was established in 1982. Parts of the building including the assembly hall have been restored to their 1913 appearance. Elsewhere displays

Gothic community centre that takes its name from St Crispin, patron saint of shoemakers. The shoe museum, which is part of the Clark complex, has a large collection of footwear both from Britain and other

‘Sunderland’ flying boats. The museum’s outstanding exhibit is a ‘Sandringham’ S.25 flying boat, a conversion for civilian purposes of a military ‘Sunderland’. The museum displays more than 20 aircraft

standard locomotives of the 1950s. The Swanage Railway Trust also operates the Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum at Norden station.

the principal monuments of the liner services for which Southampton was once famous. The Sea City Museum celebrates the city’s maritime history. It was built within part of the former Civic Centre, and

The Weald & Downland Living Museum at Singleton, 12 km north of Chichester, is a Skansen-style museums extending over 16 ha with a collection of more than 50 traditional buildings from the varied landscapes [...] of Southampton and was well acquainted with open air museums in Scandinavia and elsewhere in northern Europe. He believed that an open air museum ‘should be a collection of homes, where it is possible [...] tastes and their work’. A site for a museum was offered in 1964 on the West Dean estate close to the West Dean adult education college. The development of the museum owed much to Christopher Zeuner (1945-2001)

by river from Munkenmose near Anderson’s childhood home to Fruen Bøge near the museum. Industrial buildings in the museum include a large watermill, a Dutch-style windmill, a weaver’s house, a horse gin [...] Den Fynske Landby (The Funen Village) is a Skansen-style open air museum in Denmark’s second city which displays about thirty buildings from Funen and nearby islands, ranging in date from the seventeenth

Chelmsford First pier railway in the world Original cars and full history can be seen in the Pier Museum Replaced by London Underground units in 1949 Lines and rolling stock completely renewed in 1984-6

The maritime museum was established in 1960 and is responsible for the conservation of several historic buildings in one of Europe’s most important ports, including three traditional granaries built between [...] tonnes, and also served as a city gate. It was worked on the treadmill principle by gangs of men. The museum also preserves the cargo steamer Soldek, the first to be built in Poland after the Second World War

markets nowadays. The explanations by the museum’s staff are complemented by informational media that also enable visitors to find their way around the museum on their own. [...] The museum radiates an aura of vibrant activity; it smells like oil and metal in here, and the machines make a lot of noise! In the building of the former Kollmar & Jourdan jewellery manufactory, visitors [...] and marvel at traditional manufacturing techniques employed using original historical machines. The Museum showcases the technology involved in jewellery and watch production in its historical context, h