projects within the ERIH network and contribute their views on sustainability, climate change, working conditions, accessibility, digitalisation and the design of industrial heritage. On behalf of the ERIH General
of the respective communities can be achieved. That said, industrialisation provides excellent conditions: While it is global in scope, it has always been an essentially regional process based on specific
who set out here, in the context of "Manchester capitalism", his vision for more decent working conditions. The factory gates closed in 1968. Thanks to major redevelopment, however, New Lanark is once again
as a pioneer of early industrial mass production. Some of the museums focus on the hard working conditions of glassblowers, smelters, glass cutters, gilders and painters. In addition, basket weavers and
workshop and, of course, the rich selection of rolling stock – are all still in their original condition and reveal the region's railway system as a microcosm of its own, since Basque railways operated
controversy over the treatment of the walls and eventually a small part was left in its original condition. It was closed again between 2007 and 2010 for a complete renewal of its track and signalling, and
y 2,000 died as a result of the physically strenuous work, inadequate care and inhumane living conditions. However, air raids prevented completion and no submarine was ever built. In 2011, the bunker became
running. Quarryman's houses have been rebuilt on site and refurnished to show the cramped living conditions of the quarrymen and their families. All this and more is contained in a spectacular introductory
textiles, historic machinery and individual stories, ranging from the workers in the Middle-Ages, the conditions experienced by factory workers in the 19th century to the closing-down of the factory in 1994.
in the hold of a clipper from India to Dundee before being confronted with the appalling factory conditions under which children were forced to work. They are then given the chance to contrast this to the
latest technology to the furnaces, the forge and the machine shops, and establishing good living conditions for the workers. Finland’s first machinery workshop was built at Fiskars in 1837. The first Finnish [...] shows the culture of the ironworks from the seventeenth century to the present, and the living conditions of the workers at various dates. During the summer in the Fiskars Museum, the scent of freshly
mother Dorothy Shuttleworth continued to develop the collection. All the aircraft are kept in flying condition and the maintenance and restoration workshops are open to visitors. Hangers contain many exhibits
career in property. The oldest car is a De Dion-Bouton from 1899. Many cars were acquired in poor condition, such as the Renault pickup dating from 1914 that Lundkvist brought from Paris and restored himself
the Strait of Gibraltar to the Ellis Island immigration centre. Visitors can also experience the conditions on a real submarine, the Nazario Sauro , which floats in front of the museum.
built relatively late – shortly after 1900. For this reason it is still in an impressively good condition. Nowadays the colliery near Beringen in Limburg (Belgium) is the site of the Flemish Mining Museum
the relationship between the Earth and the Sun, followed by the history of mining and the working conditions of the miners. A show tunnel leads into the former pithead bath, which encourages visitors to think
soon afterwards destroyed by fire, and were rebuilt with iron-frames from 1805, and remain in that condition. Manufacturing of woollen cloth at Armley Mills depended entirely on water power until 1850 when
equipment were made. Nearby, workers’ apartments at Reunalinja 7 have been furnished to show living conditions at different periods and the mill’s technical drawing office is displayed at Pasilantie 1.
the flames. The Workers' Museum is an open-air museum that shows the regional living and working conditions between the 1850s and 1960s. Several old houses are furnished as workers' homes from different
