built by the Russian authorities in the nineteenth century, which has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Brest is an important railway centre on the main line that connects Moscow with Berlin, at [...] European standard gauge track (1.435m) gives way to the broad Russian gauge (1.52m). The railway museum, the only one in Belarus, is close to the fortress. Its collection totals more than 50 vehicles,

great extent, have remained a significant enrichment of the European industrial landscape to this day. Some of the very first industrial breweries still exist today, either fulfilling their original function [...] from smaller brewers which gradually ceased to exist. World War II was a disaster for the brewing industry. During the war, many breweries interrupted production or started making low-gravity beers. Unf [...] variety in flavour; they want to try out new beers and new, interesting tastes. Beer produced in industrial breweries enjoys less popularity compared with that made in micro-breweries, the number of which

The museum at Gaydon, a village 30 km. south of Coventry, has its origins in the tortuous takeovers that characterised the British industry in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. British Leyland Motor Holdings brought [...] 1979 was a self-funding operation and in 1983 became a charitable trust, the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust. Its vehicles were displayed at Studley, a former agricultural college in Warwickshire [...] a purpose-designed museum set in 26 ha. of grounds on a former RAF airfield where British Leyland had a test track, and where Aston Martin now has its manufacturing base. The museum proved popular and

Brochure "European Industrial Heritage: The International Story" Listen From the very beginning, industrialisation has crossed borders - it has never been a purely national phenomenon. From the mid-18th [...] unaware of this. The close-knit network of European industrial regions, which continue to inspire and strengthen each other, is something that most industrial monuments and attractions today do little to show [...] which recognises the network's contribution to the conservation and presentation of Europe's industrial heritage. This funding has enabled the production of this brochure, which aims to encourage ERIH sites

"EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE. THE INTERNATIONAL STORY" ERIH'S BROCHURE MAKES THE EUROPEAN CONNECTIONS OF INDUSTRIALISATION VISIBLE Listen From the very beginning, industrialisation has crossed borders [...] unaware of this. The close-knit network of European industrial regions, which continue to inspire and strengthen each other, is something that most industrial monuments and attractions today do little to show [...] which recognises the network's contribution to the conservation and presentation of Europe's industrial heritage. This funding has enabled the production of this brochure, which aims to encourage ERIH sites

Brooklands epitomises some significant features of the British aircraft and motor car industries, and of motor sport. An embanked concrete racetrack for motorcars was built by the landowner Hugh Locke [...] Itala motorcar factory within the racing circuit. Aircraft were made on the site until 1987. The museum portrays both aspects of the history of Brooklands. The track and almost all the buildings remain [...] a VC10 and a BAC 1-11, and a Concorde. Many aspects of aircraft construction are displayed in the museum and visitors are able to explore the Acoustics Building, a laboratory built by the British Aircraft

production. The only kiln museum in central Germany shows how briquettes were used in private households. The visit is rounded off by a mini garden railway featuring models from the industrial history of the Z [...] This factory was already a technical museum before it ceased operations, because briquetting presses and plate dryers from the 1883-1895 series were running here till 1959. A single 12 horsepower steam [...] factory is the oldest remaining first-generation briquette factory in the world. Furthermore the industrial monument is generally acknowledged to be the last evidence of brown coal processing in central

Ratingen, in North-Rhine Westphalia in 1783-4 he gave it the name Cromford. The building is now an industrial museum. Brügelmann grew up in a family of merchants at Elberfeld, now a district of Wuppertal. Elberfeld [...] the innovations by Arkwright he decided to try to copy them. His friend Carl Albrecht Delius made industrial espionage visits to Britain in 1781 and 1782 to draw plans, get copies of machines and recruit [...] baroque mansion for his family in 1787-90 next to the factory, which can also be visited as part of the museum. The community of workers’ dwellings that he built also survives. In 1789, he expanded with a works

large-scale opencast mining machine for the industry is now a landmark. ‘Excavator 1452’ was preserved in 2001. This 33.5m-tall giant is the star exhibit in the museum. It has long steel booms and moves on

fireless locomotive of 1916, and industrial shunting engines from various makers. A large collection of historic coaches and wagons is conserved in a substantial museum building. Outstanding amongst the [...] The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a museum with some exhibits of outstanding interest, based at a station with a long and complex history. The station lies 1 km from the village of Quainton, 10 km [...] on the main line were withdrawn. The Quainton Road Society was formed in 1969 and now operates the museum at the station as the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. It is still linked to the national network

answers to these questions at Bursledon Brickworks in Southampton. The site which is now an industrial museum tells the whole story from the digging of the clay to the firing of the bricks. The most exciting [...] ride a narrow gauge railway that once connected the clay depots to the factory. Not least the industrial heritage site boasts a large collection of brick making technology as well as bricks, tiles, land drains

1846, Bury Transport Museum holds a collection of vintage vehicles, including double-decker buses, steam rollers, trams, tractors, commercial vehicles, cars and bicycles. The museum was begun by volunteers [...] trains and vehicles. Craft workshops are held for children. The museum is operated as part of the East Lancashire Railway, a heritage railway that runs for 19 kilometres between Heywood in Greater Manchester

The cable factory in Helsinki characterises the changes that took place in industry in Finland, and in other European countries in the course of the 20th century. All cables used in Finland had to be imported [...] cable company) was founded in 1912 by Arvid Wikstrom (1886-1937), who had gained experience of the industry in England and Germany. The factory, on the sea shore, in the Salmisaari area on the west side of [...] nine galleries, several art schools, rehearsing studios, sports clubs and radio stations as well as museums of photography, the theatre and hotels and restaurants.

Calderdale which was centred on Halifax opened an industrial museum in the mid-1980s. It was one of the last of a succession of conventional indoor industrial museums developed in large towns and cities in the [...] a body of enthusiasts, the Calderdale Industrial Museum Association, and from 2017 was again open to the public but on Saturdays only. The museum is located in the former Albion Works in the centre of [...] the United Kingdom from the 1960s. The museum was initially successful but attendances dwindled and it soon closed. After a long period when it was inaccessible to the public it was leased from 2014 by a

ways to mitigate against wider and long-term impacts on the protection and promotion of our industrial heritage. We are calling for papers on how sites can successfully rise to the challenge of the “new [...] held on Thursday 7th October 2021 as a hybrid event; in-person at the ERIH Anchor Point, Museum of Industry, Ghent, Belgium and online. A decision on whether the in-person part of the event will be able [...] and effective responses which can provide inspiration for all concerned with the future of the heritage sector. At present, it is proposed that, subject to Covid restrictions, the conference will be held

Speakers who are interested in contributing to this question – even from outside the industrial heritage community – are cordially invited to submit an abstract of their presentation in English to the

renovated by a group of enthusiasts. Re-christened the Cambridge Museum of Technology which now is the home of the city’s industrial heritage, from the steam age to semiconductors. It contains a variety of [...] ons) printing presses, power generation, food production: designed, made, used in Cambridge. The Museum offers a multi-sensory experience for visitors: hands-on exhibits, audio-visual displays, children’s [...] audio guides). Historic engines run in steam on open days. In association with its partners, the Museum hosts Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Arts projects.

and it is regularly opened. The textile museum is on the most important museum of this kind in Italy. Covering an area of 2,400 square metres, the Textile Museum displays an extensive range of textiles [...] In the centre of Prato there can be found an industrial heritage site of European importance: The Campolmi Textile Factory. The two-storey, faithfully restored rectangular building with its courtyard, [...] trading in 1994. The work of the factory rehabilitation begun in 2000. In May 2003 Prato Textile Museum (just operating since 1975) has been definitively housed in the converted Campolmi textile mill.

The factory closed in the late 1980s. In 2010, work began to create a new museum as part of Mataró Museum with MNACTEC, the Museums of Science and Technology of Catalunya. The two three-storey buildings are [...] examples of looms and other machinery and explain the history of the industry since the eighteenth century. The second floor shows the museum’s rich textile and clothing collections.

Trollhattan’s industrial history has been shaped by its abundant water-power. Six cataracts with a total fall of 33 m extend over a distance of 1450 m. The falls have been used to power many industrial processes [...] 1916, and the latter still carries some wood pulp and chemicals. There are three museums in the area. The canal museum in a warehouse of 1893 by the upper locks illustrates the history of the waterway [...] 1937, and a large collection of the company’s products is displayed in its museum. The interactive science centre and museum called Innovatum is located nearby in the former engineering shops of the Nohab