stations effectively showcase 18 former flagships of large-scale industry - all under one roof. The Ruhr Museum in the former coal washing plant focuses on even more immense dimensions. It recounts the natural
The museum centre Konsti includes Varkaus History Museum and Varkaus Art Museum and, as a new addition, Children's Factory, which lets kids explore the industry through play. In Konsti visitors can find [...] today it is known for its technological knowhow in energy and process technology. The premises of Museum Centre Konsti are located under the walls of the old factory school which was completed in 1924. [...] 1900s. In Old Varkaus you can find several services for visitors from restaurants to accommodation. Museum Centre Konsti is also a cultural multipurpose building that presents Varkaus industry, culture and
the production gradually ceased, the factory building was converted to other uses. Friitala leather museum located in the former factory building presents the phases of the tannery, leather manufacturing
worn by men in this part of Albania. The fortress houses a museum in memory of Skanderberg. The site is also home to the National Ethnographic Museum, founded in 1989. It is housed in the villa built by Ismail [...] The restored bazaar from around 1800, when Krujë was part of the Ottoman Empire, is like a living museum where a wide range of craftsmen display their skills. You can see basket weavers, shoemakers, si
several museums and exhibitions side by side. Visitors are free to collect hands-on experiences, for example by making their own hand-made paper as in pre-industrial times. The printing museum, showcasing [...] seamless wire: this is what the world's first paper machine looks like. Visitors to the Laakirchen Museum of Papermaking and Print can see its replica in action. The technical relic is part of an exciting [...] audiovisual interpretation and tells, among other things, the story of the factory workers. A special museum deals with the history of local fire brigades, and the "ALFA" convention centre houses small and
Scania-Vabis company. Scania originated in Malmö in southern Sweden and Vabis at Södertälje. The museum is centred on the hall named after the banker and industrialist Marcus Wallenberg (b 1956). Displays
the preserved open-cast facilities of the Anna 2 mine are home to the ENERGETICON energy experience museum. With the core message 'From the sun to the sun', it deals with the past and future of human energy
dates to the 15th century. The operation of the Makkarakoski sawmill, now functioning as a sawmill museum, began in 1753. The machinery and equipment of the current sawmill are mostly from the 1880s. The
education, Macclesfield´s diverse textile industries, workers´ lives and historic machinery. The Silk Museum follows the story of silk from its origins in China, along the silk route to Britain and its est
industrial region and port town. The Kymenlaakso Museum also maintains the art collections. The museum is situated in the same building with the Maritime Museum of Finland . After World War II Kymenlaakso was [...] The Kymenlaakso Museum operates in the Maritime Centre Vellamo in the Old Port of Kotka. The Museum tells stories about life and everyday toil in the border region, about the river and the sea as well [...] Nowadays South-Eastern Finland has one of the biggest industrial forestry clusters in Europe. The museums in Vellamo offer means for viewing one’s own life, livelihood and family as part of the course of
but the former dyeshop of the cotton mill houses Työväenmuseo Werstas - the Finnish Labour Museum. The Museum tells the over two-hundred-year-old story of Tampere’s industry. The exhibition describes how [...] Tampere became the largest industrial city in the country, “the Manchester of Finland”. Impressive museum artefacts and photographs introduce visitors to the industrial enterprises and factory workers of [...] of Tampere. A large 1650 hp Sulzer steam engine with an 8 m flywheel is preserved in the museum.
industrial production, from the art scene to high-tech ceramic research. At the Westerwald Ceramics Museum, visitors can learn all about the history and production of Westerwald stoneware, which was one of [...] illustrate the importance of ceramics in contemporary art. Visitors can get creative themselves in the museum's workshop.
The Salt Museum in Messolonghi, next to the salt pans of Tourlida, is the only themed museum in Greece dedicated to salt. Visitors can discover everything about salt: From the first appearance of salt [...] salt on earth to the present day. The museum illustrates the important role of salt in economy, agriculture, animal husbandry and health. It also shows the impact of salt on the communities and regions that [...] their granulometry. From pink Himalayan salt to black Hawaiian salt, there is much to discover. The museum houses a collection of 1,500 salt shakers from the 19th century to the present day. Outside, visitors
ideas that helped spread railways and locomotives across the world. The Stephenson Steam Railway Museum celebrates their achievements. It is located on a standard-gauge, single-track railway that runs [...] can take a ride on a 1950s passenger steam train or heritage diesel locomotives, which run from the museum to Percy Main.
entrance of the Truck Museum, the famous 'Slovenská strela' ("Slovak Arrow") express train is exhibited. Visits to the depository (guided tours only, organised by Tatra Technical Museum) are by reservation [...] The Tatra Truck Museum houses in the reconstructed building of the former Tatra foundry. It presents a unique collection of 80 Tatra trucks and chassis on an area of more than 5,000 m2. The oldest Czech
early buildings remain. The present technical museum has developed from the company museum established in 1947. It is now part of the Kopřivnice Regional Museum, a joint enterprise between the municipality [...] ty and the Tatra company, which also operates three other museums in the vicinity. The Technical Museum displays the many products of the Tatra company, coaches, motor cars including racing cars, aircraft
enterprises played a significant part in the early Industrial Revolution. Thinktank is the city’s museum of science and industry, which was established in 1951 and moved to the present site in 2001. The [...] instrumentation, gun-making, clockmaking, car manufacturing and computing among other fields. The museum also holds natural science collections and examines environmental issues. One reason for the city’s [...] reputation as the ‘workshop of the world’ was the innovative Boulton and Watt engineering company. The museum features many items made by Boulton and Watt, including the Smethwick pumping engine of 1779 - the
in 1976-77. In 1988 the museum acquired the Zeiss workshop from the nearby Volkshaus, and it was physically removed to the museum premises in 2002. A new trust for the museum was established in 2016. [...] his employees, introduced a profit sharing scheme and set up the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung. The optical museum at Jena was opened by Carl-Zeiss AG 1922, in a reinforced concrete building by Dycherhoff & Wichmann
This museum focuses on the golden age of Zeppelin passenger airships. It is located in the residential area Zeppelinheim, which was built for airship crews at Rhein-Main airport in the 1930s. The rigid [...] Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the 1890s and was used commercially from 1910. The curved building of the museum, specially designed in 1988, resembles the interior of an airship. It contains large-scale models
