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

him to view Polish television in Oakdale. An account of his life is retained at the Big Pit mining museum.

which was built in the classical style. Since 2000 this has been a municipal museum, the Jana Pazdura Nature and Technological Museum, that takes its name from the pioneer of Industrial Archaeology in Poland [...] from the remains of the ironworks the museum also displays the history of the Star Truck Co that has produced heavy motor vehicles in Starachowice since 1948. The museum also interprets the ecology of the [...] 1968. In the following decades local community initiatives led to the designation of a 7 ha open air museum, which includes the ‘big furnace’ with its Cowper stoves, a building housing a blowing engine of

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

stic of Silesia, usually by converting them into museums. Two of the five museums currently being run are ERIH members: the Anchor Point Railway Museum of Silesia in Jaworzyna Śląska and the Walcownia

Schlesien charakteristischer technischer Kulturdenkmäler, in der Regel durch die Umwandlung in ein Museum. Zu den fünf derzeit betriebenen Museen gehören auch zwei ERIH-Mitglieder: der Ankerpunkt Schlesisches

production of bicycles and motorcycles, were also leading in Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Museum of Industrial Culture, housed in a former screw factory from the 1920s, shows the history of ind [...] engine to the present day, combining technical, cultural and social history. Along the so-called Museum Street, 200 years of industrialisation are brought to life in historically recreated living and working [...] workers' flat to the talking kitchen, from the workers' club pub to the colonial goods shop and the museum cinema, everyday life in the shadow of the factory and the office is brought to life. Visitors of

the main steelfactories in Europe. The complex is not accessible to the public. The Blast Furnace Museum has been set up outside the plant in the historic former pipeline building and tells the story of

car bodies. The examples indicate that the live demonstration of machines is a focal point of the museum. In the basement, where the textile tools are located, an entire production line is switched on,

marsh cultivation and mixed soil cultivation of sand and peat). All of them are displayed in the museum. The outdoor area covers 1.5 hectares and includes an experimental garden with 90 species of plants [...] the narrow-gauge steam locomotive "Katharina" and a steam tractor. Moored in the canal next to the museum are a traditional flatboat from 1900 (named Tjalk), the reconstruction (2002) of another traditional

Ukraine on 26 April 1992 was the worst in the history of nuclear power generation. The objective of the museum is to help humanity to understand the implications of what happened. Multi-media presentations explain [...] newborn humans and other animals are fully illustrated. This is the most disturbing of all industrial museums but the messages it conveys are of supreme importance.

The museum at Alsemberg, in the Molembeek Valley, 12 km south of Brussels, consists of an ancient farmstead, which incorporates a corn mill, a paper mill with 16th century origins and a building of 1763 [...] engine. The complex has been restored with help from the King Baudouin Foundation and, apart from the museum, includes an inn and a conference venue.

exhibitions and archaeological excavations. The trust runs several museums, it’s principal permanent display is the Basque Iron Museum housed in a former iron foundry in Legazpi, where the history of iron [...] iron is interpreted in technological, ecological and social contexts. The museum is also the starting point for several trails in the Iron Valley which guide visitors to the monuments associated with i [...] give way to the big factories. In a one-of-a-kind place, an old factory has been reconverted into a museum which presents the relationship between art and industry as shown by the hand of Eduardo Chillida

business until 1876, and the museum, established in the following year, comprehensively displays the technology of printing from the 16th century until the 19th. The museum is one of the best-preserved

Eperon d’Or (the ‘golden spur’) is a museum in a factory of fine-quality shoes in the traditional centre of Belgian shoemaking. The company was started by Emiel Vandommele in 1863. It became the official [...] built in 1910 and an office in Art Deco style was added in 1930 by the architect Charles Laloo. The museum displays the whole production line of shoemaking in the 1950s, a large collection of beautiful shoes [...] town’s electricity generating station, opened in 1901, now the Stoom en Stroom (Steam and Electricity) museum, which can be visited by prior appointment.

reflects the state development of the region, parts of the plant were closed down in the 1990's. The museum is located in the former power plant building of the iron and steelworks. It tells the story of the

by the Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa, which had its origins in Brazil in 1872. The company museum is adjacent to its headquarters at Santo Amaro, in the shadow of the Ponte de 25 Abril, a suspension

modernised in the 1960s and the company still produces salt today. The old plant is now a museum. The Solana Museum tells the story of salt production from the Neolithic period to the present day. It displays

old city in which it stands were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the following year. The Museum of the Old Bridge occupies the 5-storey Tara Tower, one of the towers that accommodated the bridge [...] bridge keepers, and also served as arsenals for the storage of weapons and ammunition. The museum consists of three sections devoted to the archaeology of the surrounding area, the restoration project of 2002-04

by the schoolmaster and historian Hans Pemmer (1886-1972), and are displayed in the Prater Museum. The museum, originally established in 1933, has been housed in a modern wooden building next to the Ferris