The ecomuseum at Argenta is a federation of several museums and nature reserves that interprets and provides access to some of the lands reclaimed in the delta of the River Po in the early 20th century [...] international importance. The principal historical interpretation is provided in the Valli d’Argenta Museum in a marsh house at Campotto, where there are displays relating to ecology and archaeology, and well
The museum is located at a railway roundhouse and turntable a short walk south-east of Sibiu passenger station in central Romania. The reinforced-concrete roundhouse curves through 120 degrees and was
textile industry with all its highlights, but also its dark sides. In addition to exhibits from the museum's rich collection, the thematic diversity is also presented through numerous interactive stations
a centre for textile production from the late 19th century, specialising in lace embroidery. The museum occupies the villa and courtyard workshops of Max Vollstädt, built 1889-1902, which embroidered by [...] Maschinen Fabrik (VOMAG), which manufactured embroidery machines in Plauen from 1881 to 1938. The museum makes reproductions from patterns of the 1920s and 1930s for sale alongside the products of local
trucks and vans and, from 1953, motor-scooters. From 1991 the company was part of Mercedes-Benz. The museum is run by the local authority and focuses on the industrial history of Ludwigsfelde from 1936. Its
d to create a museum with an impressive new building. The collection ranges from a prototype from 1948 to new models and examples for a multitude of uses. As well as vehicles, the museum shows parts, cutaway
the museum by later acquisitions such as a Lockheed Starfighter of the 1960s. The museum moved to a new building at Trento in 1992, adding another hanger in 2011. In addition to aircraft, the museum displays [...] Named after the aeronautical engineer Giovanni Battista " Gianni " Caproni (1886-1957), the museum is near Trento airport, which is also named after him. Born 40km away at Massone in 1886, Caproni established [...] later they produced the first aircraft in Italy. They continued to develop aircraft until 1950. The museum is based on the collections made at Milan by Caproni from 1929. He kept examples of aircraft he produced
others on Monte Amiata, 100km to the south-east, produce over a quarter of Tuscany’s electricity. The museum in Palazzo de Larderel was created in the 1950s and is recently renewed. With the aid of scale models
’ in 1929. The town now has around 70 companies supplying the international fun-fair market. The museum opened in 1999 and was extended in 2011 as a collaboration between the local authorities and national
The museum is in the former canteen of a working locomotive depot at Meiningen station. It opened in 2024. The Werra Railway came to the town in 1858 and the depot was built in 1863 with a roundhouse and [...] trains are still serviced there and the workshops repair and reconstruct steam locomotives. In the museum, the main exhibit is a Prussian T 13 steam locomotive of the type built between 1909 and 1922. It
important inland waterways of Europe. Maasbracht became the largest inland port in the Netherlands. The museum tells the stories of the river and the Juliana Cana (completed 1935), shipping companies, the sand [...] started in 1985 and came to their present location in a former bank in 2014. In the harbour, the museum maintains a ship’s wheelhouse with a simulator for visitors to try and historic vessels, including
This national aviation museum was founded in 1955 and moved to its present location at Lelystad airport in 2003. It includes over 100 aircraft in and around two hangers and a reconstruction of the first
Museum Station is located on premises oft the former Warszawa Głowna (Warsaw main railway station), which served as the capital's main railway station until the opening of the Central Railway Station in [...] electric locomotive EU07. There’s also a library with a rich collection of railway books. The open-air museum is a collection of 50 of the most valuable steam, diesel and electric locomotives and carriages,
turbine and electrical equipment. Recycling continues in the region and the museum works with local companies and the Textile Museum of Prato. [...] The Mumat museum of textile machinery 20km north of Prato in Tuscany occupies a factory for recycling used woollen cloth, built in 1893 by Amerigo Meucci. Wool recycling techniques were invented in England [...] mill and a dyeing plant. It closed in 1988 but the buildings were bought by the municipality and the museum opened in 2008. It shows equipment from the 19th century onwards, including a handloom, a wet-recycling
Caramulo was created as mountain resort and sanatorium by Dr Jerónimo de Lacerda in 1921. In the 1950s his sons Abel and João decided to encourage tourism by building the Museu do Caramulo: one part w
Baltic port of Gdynia. The Open-Air Museum of Locomotives was created in 1993 by the State Railways with the help of local employees. In 2015 it became a branch of the Museum of the History of the City of Zduńska [...] scale-models, photographs, original artefacts and ephemera. In addition to its own collection, the museum has many exhibits on loan. Giants on display include standard-gauge and narrow-gauge steam, diesel
open seasonally at selected weekends. It is organised by Muzeum Motoryzacji Skarb Narodu (Automotive Museum Treasure of the Nation) in cooperation with FOZPiT (Foundation for the Protection of Industrial and
was created by the industrial entrepreneur Dr Friedhelm Loh and opened to the public in 2023. The museum is a university campus for courses in car design and conservation. The facilities include a cinema
Bavarian mountains in a stylish modern building with a plan shaped like a number 8. At the heart of the museum is a spectacular model railway that extends to 550 square metres and shows parts of Austria, Switzerland
1924. Although mining stopped in 1966, today the shafts are used for the deep storage of waste. The museum is in the pit-head baths. Other building with new uses include winding-engine houses, a lamproom