1927. Until 1986 it served as an auxiliary production site and was subsequently converted into a museum. Its displays illustrate the history of the company, including the most important milestones at various

Europe's only technical college specialized in cutlery opened in Albacete in 2001. The municipal museum, established in an old city palace in 2004, focuses on the cutlery industry as well. Its galleries

completely new museography and together with the Archaeological Museum of Álava, they are managed together with the name BIBAT (‘two in one’). The museum currently has a collection comprising over 20,000 items [...] The collection on show at the Fournier Museum of Playing Cards in Álava was started by Félix Alfaro Fournier in 1916 when he took over the family business of manufacturing playing cards. His interests [...] playing cards in the world. In 1984 the Provincial Council of Álava acquired the collection, and the museum continued to grow. In 1994 it was based at the Palacio de Bendaña, a Renaissance style palazzo built

exchanges and to countless jewellers and companies dealing in rough and polished diamonds. DIVA is the museum for diamonds, jewellery and silver in Antwerp. A themed exhibition trail will take visitors on a

has also been a centre for the manufacture of high quality glass for which Bohemia is famous. The museum attached to the Moser factory at Karlovy Vary displays the history of the techniques used in glass [...] by a lead-free process. Many fine examples of Bohemian glass are displayed, and one section of the museum explains the history of the Moser family who established the factory. Visitors can also go on guided

other propaganda broadcasting during the Cold War. The mast now carries antennae for mobile phones. A museum was established in the transmitter buildings at the foot of the mast in 2004 which shows something

Bilbao. The industrial museum RIALIA (which takes its name from the river) occupies a building begun in 1993 which was intended for various projects that did not materialise. The museum opened there in 2006 [...] exhibits donated to the museum. The last room is used to offer temporary exhibitions, both by local artists and related to industrial, marine and nautical themes among others. The museum's collection includes

as a heritage site in 2014, with the collaboration of former workers. It is part of MNACTEC, the Museums of Science and Technology of Catalunya.

This open-air museum next to the Renfe Rodalies railway station celebrates the history of the railway in Catalonia from its beginning in 1848. The museum opened in 1990 and is housed in the city’s former [...] signal bridge as well as numerous smaller items covering the whole range of railway technology. The museum’s library contains books on trains and vehicles, original documentation and thousands of videos and

Set in the stable block of Pontypool Park House the museum documents the proud history of early ironmaking and coal production in this valley. It also tells the story of the Hanbury family and features

through the tunnels to a tall archway and a tower built into the cliff. The mining village and a museum of mining machinery can be seen at Masua.

Reykjaviks open air museum, 7 km east of the city centre, broadly follows the pattern established at Skansen in the early 20th century. It was opened in 1957 and consists of more than 70 buildings removed

The Danube Museum is located in the centre of the small historic city of Esztergom on the River Danube. It aims to raise awareness of shared responsibilities for the protection of water, environment and [...] collection comprises some 150,000 objects including tools, machines, images, documents and maps. The museum presents a historical overview of the uses of water, from the toilet flush to the steam engine and

ERIH STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE Due to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, we have suspended the description of this Russian site until further notice.

border with Turkey in 1922 cut off Soufli from areas that had been its hinterland. The museum is a site of the Museum Network of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group (PIOP). It has displays

closed down in 1978. In 2004 a Rooftile and Brickwork Museum in the factory's main facilities (5,000m2, or 53,820 ft2) was created. It is a site of the Museum Network of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus

the heart of one of the principal olive producing areas in the Mediterranean region. The museum, a site of the Museum Network of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group (PIOP), illustrates the [...] Artefacts and inscribed clay tablets are evidence of its importance in Antiquity. The ground floor of the museum displays machines illustrating the development of olive oil production technology from early times

evolved. The museum is a site of the Museum Network of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group (PIOP). The permanent exhibition comprises a variety of original works in marble: mundane, ecclesiastical [...] quarryman and the marble craftsman. Finally, the exhibition extends into the museum's outdoor areas. In the square in front of the museum's entrance, a hoisting machine for blocks of marble and a trolley for [...] images of the corresponding in situ working environments. Facilities:The Museum has also a multi-purpose hall, a café, a museum shop and a parking lot for visitors.

Dimitsana is a village some 30 km north-west of Tripolis in the Central Peloponnese. The museum, a site of the Museum Network of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group (PIOP), is close to a celebrated

and interactive displays and an archive and library. The museum is surrounded by plantations of mastic trees. The museum is a site of the Museum Network of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group [...] projects into the history of the industry took place in 2007-08, and in 2009 it was decided to build a museum on a site given by the Chios Mastic Growers Association, the co-operative that organises production