POINTS Industrial History of 51 countries HISTORY OF 19 INDUSTRIAL BRANCHES OVER 300 BIOGRAPHIES YOUR GUIDE TO EUROPE'S INDUSTRIALHERITAGE Listen ERIH , the EUROPEAN ROUTE OFINDUSTRIALHERITAGE , your [...] Cultural Heritage in Industrial Culture’ is the title of… more 03-04-2025 | German Federal Association ofIndustrialHeritage founded, followed by the ERIH Germany Dialogue After three years of preparatory [...] annexed regions of the country. Russia has thus positioned itself outside what constitutes our common European values and the basis of our European cooperation as a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. We
European Route ofIndustrialHeritage (ERIH) is doing. Come with us on an exciting journey of discovery along the milestones of European industrial history. What is ERIH ? ERIH is the European Route of Industrial [...] Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrialheritage sites in Europe. It is the common link between them all. From disused production plants to industrial landscape parks and inter-active [...] isation changed the face of Europe. Consequently it has left us a rich industrialheritage. A gigantic network of sites spread all over the continent. It only has to be brought back to life. That is what
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range of goods boasting the label “Made in Sheffield”. The Kelham Island Museum, housed on the site of a disused generating station, is an impressive presentation of the city’s industrialheritage. Here [...] Sir Henry Bessemer invented a method of mass-producing steel with his so-called Bessemer converter. Shortly after that Robert Forrester Mushet invented a new form of alloy steel, and in 1913 Harry Brearley [...] Here you can see one of the most powerful steam engines in the world. Alongside it stands a massive Bessemer converter whose invention in 1856 revolutionised steel manufacturing. “Little mesters” symbolise
lives of 5,000 miners and their families? The "Portal ofIndustrialHeritage" translates this history to the entire Ruhr district: multimedia stations effectively showcase 18 former flagships of large-scale [...] The past is explored by the "Heritage Trail", bringing to life the history and technology of what was once Europe's largest coal mine. What was it like when the rhythm of gigantic machines and conveyor [...] under one roof. The Ruhr Museum in the former coal washing plant focuses on even more immense dimensions. It recounts the natural and cultural history of the Ruhr area over a period of 300 million years - from
The great medieval city of Norwich offers such a wealth ofheritage that it is easy to overlook the variety ofindustrial buildings from all periods and particularly the nineteenth century that lie within [...] Bridewell Museum, hosting an outstanding collection ofindustrial and social memories, is itself housed in a former shoe factory and one-time prison. The building encapsulates the contradictions of this medieval [...] within the city centre. The industrial economy of Norwich was built on the diverse mixture of textiles, shoe manufacture, food production and pharmaceuticals. Textiles were an important medieval industry
remarkably genuine sound of crackling fire and bursting rock. The Rammelsberg Museum and Visitor Mine near Goslar stages 1,000 years of mining history; from the age-old method of mining ore by laying a fire [...] through a mediaeval system of galleries, to the thunderous roar of modern mining and conveying techniques during a trip on the colliery railway. A fine example ofindustrial architecture awaits visitors [...] accompanied by vivid sound effects of everyday working conditions. The mine was inscribed as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1992 – along with the former Imperial Town of Goslar.
set within an expanse of woodland. Then, suddenly a red gorge appears: The Falun Mine. Once the world’s largest copper mine and today the heart of a unique historic industrial landscape, which was designated [...] designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. A path meanders around the mine and passes some cabins, which are dangerously close to the edge of the abyss, and were formerly used to drag the ore with a [...] a rope winch to the surface. More than one thousand years of the mine’s history are displayed in the local mining museum. Most spectacular is the coin cabinet with probably the heaviest and largest coins
lawn of the Cour ovale, its oval - framed by arched arcades - looking like the arena of a Roman amphitheatre. Yet this is not the case: here, in southwestern Belgium, is the 19th century heart of one of [...] of the country's largest coal mines. The founder of this neoclassical complex, which includes a workers' residential area with over 400 houses and the stately mansion of the factory owners, features as [...] European industrialheritage as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major attraction for visitors from all over the world thanks to its "Centre for Innovation and Design" (CID) and the Contemporary Art
Legazpi, 45 km south-west of San Sebastian, is the main town of the Urola-Garaia region. Ironmaking has a long history in the area, but the industry was of particular importance from the mid-nineteenth [...] was formally constituted in 1997. Its objectives are to promote research into the industrial and ecological heritageof the region, and to promote its interpretation, both to those who live there and to [...] display is the Basque Iron Museum housed in a former iron foundry in Legazpi, where the history of iron is interpreted in technological, ecological and social contexts. The museum is also the starting point
was the son of a military officer, was educated at the University of Uppsala and gained his first employment as a teacher. In 1869-71 he was involved with the production of a dictionary of the Swedish [...] views of the past, similar to those of contemporary composers and poets, with practical abilities and political insights that enabled him to achieve so much. He collected buildings from all parts of Sweden [...] mid-19th century. As a museologist Hazelius has had a powerful influence on the presentation of the industrialheritage throughout Europe that extends to the present day.
regularly opened. The textile museum is on the most important museumof this kind in Italy. Covering an area of 2,400 square metres, the Textile Museum displays an extensive range of textiles, historic machinery [...] In the centre of Prato there can be found an industrialheritage site of European importance: The Campolmi Textile Factory. The two-storey, faithfully restored rectangular building with its courtyard, [...] Today it is a symbol of Prato´s centuries-old textile tradition which has marked the Tuscan town up to the present day. The textile activity ceased trading in 1994. The work of the factory rehabilitation
The museumof technology in Croatia was established as a result of the efforts of Dr Bonz Tezak, a professor at Zagreb University, and was formally constituted in 1954, although there was an earlier museum [...] departments. Those dealing with industrialheritage include transportation, whose collections include motor cars and railway locomotives, geology, which covers mining of coal and minerals and oil extraction [...] museum of trades and crafts in the city which had ceased to function. It occupies timber buildings originally erected for the celebrated trade fair held at Zagreb, which moved to a new site in 1956. There
The town of Seydisfjordur (until recently spelt Seydhisfjordur) lies 400 km north-east of Reykjavik. The technical museum that illustrates many aspects of the history of the region has three principal [...] Scotland and the rest of the world. Much of the original equipment remains, and displays illustrate the epic task carried out by a labour force of some 300 men of constructing a line of 14,000 telegraph poles [...] exhibits that relate to the industrialheritage. The mechanical engineering workshop of Johann Hansson was established in 1907 and used hydro-electric power for the operation of its machine tools. It was
Atkinson was the founder-director of Beamish, the museum’s inspiring genius, and an influential advocate over many years for the conservation of the industrialheritageof North-East England. He was born [...] Yorkshire, the son of a plumber and grandson on both sides of his family, of miners. He was an enthusiastic collector from an early age, and at the age of 16 determined to follow a career in museums. He studied [...] the University of Sheffield, after which he was employed for a time in a coke works before obtaining a job at the museum at Wakefield. In 1952 he embarked on a tour of open air museums in Scandinavia and
the town of toys, was founded in the Gründerzeit (Wilhelminian era) as an industrial settlement with checker-board pattern streets, composing a structure of urban blocks. Over 90 percent of the buildings [...] the Town of Toys’ representative office, and the former US-American department stores Kresge and Halbourne. Further highlights of Sonneberg are the German Teddy Bear Museum, the SOMSO Museum for anatomic [...] architecture of the historicism and International Style (“Neues Bauen”), including Art Déco, Bauhaus and neoclassicism. Most important witnesses to the toy industry are the German Toy Museum, the New Townhouse
state of Hesse and the city of Darmstadt acquired the building from the company Donges Stahlbau GmbH. After renovation work was carried out, it was opened in 1996 as a house ofindustrialheritage by the [...] (1895-1985) in Frankfurt am Main. The museum demonstrates developments in the printing industry from the beginning of the 19th century right up to the mid-1970s with the help of printing workshops and numerous [...] exterior on an industrial scale. The company Alter, which was also to make a name for itself in aircraft and railway carriage construction, was forced to go into liquidation after the Crash of 1929. Adam Opel
Homepage Service Photo Galleries Images of European IndustrialHeritage IMAGES OF EUROPEAN INDUSTRIALHERITAGE Images of European IndustrialHeritage Erih and Events Almadén (E). Almadén Mining Park WHS [...] Terrassa (E). Catalonian Museumof Science and Industry Tychy (PL). Tyskie Brewery Museum Częstochwa (PL). Museumof the Production of Matches Tyssedal (N). Norwegian Museumof Hydro Power and Industry [...] Open Air Museum Bergisch Gladbach (D). Old Dombach Paper Mill LVR IndustrialMuseum Beringen (B) be Mine Flamish Mining Museum Berlin (D). German Technical Museum Birmingham (GB). Museumof the Jewellery
cover the complete range of European industrial history. After that, they tell tourists what they can see at a local level. Visitors of all ages can relive their industrialheritage through fascinating guided [...] starting points for a variety of regional routes. Anchor Points are member sites of the ERIH association with special historical importance in terms ofindustrialheritage which also offer a high quality [...] visitor experience. They are the milestones of European IndustrialHeritage. Acceptance as an Anchor Point is a seal of quality and it offers visitors the promise of an enjoyable and interesting visit. Selection
