The from concept to museum Between 1975 to 1985, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) and the Norwegian Workers Education Association (AOF), in conjunction with a different union each year, arranged Worker’s Heritage Festivals. In 1978, time had come … Continue reading →
New Lanark Trust is a beautifully restored 18th century cotton mill village in Southern Scotland, close to the Falls of Clyde and around an hour from Edinburgh and Glasgow. New Lanark Conservation Trust (now known as New Lanark Trust) was … Continue reading →
Museum for all of Denmark The National Museum is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history. The museum’s main domicile is a classical 18th century mansion just a stone’s throw from “Strøget” at the center of Copenhagen. The National Museum … Continue reading →
The origin of the museum The creation of today’s National Museum of Science and Technology was an old Catalan ambition. The Association of Engineers, which drove the project forward from 1976, had already tried to set up a museum at … Continue reading →
The National Museum of Science and Technology, Tekniska museet, is Sweden’s biggest museum of technology. The museum has a national charter to preserve technical and industrial history as part of the cultural heritage. The museum cooperates with museums, universities, companies … Continue reading →
The National Board of Antiquities preserves Finland’s material cultural heritage: collects, studies and distributes knowledge of it. The Board is a cultural and research institution, but it is also a government authority charged with the protection of archaeological sites, built … Continue reading →
History of the house and the area Arbetets museum is located on the island of Laxholmen in the middle of Motala Ström. The name Laxholmen dates back to medieval times when salmon fishing was of great importance, hence the name … Continue reading →
Mission The mission of the Celje Museum of Recent History is to ensure the permanent and uninterrupted performance of the public service of preserving, exploring, presenting, exhibiting and popularising the mobile cultural heritage from the fields of history and ethnology … Continue reading →
Over the past 150 years enormous changes have transformed the working and living conditions of men and women. In its exhibitions the Museum der Arbeit tries to show what impact the process of industrialization and the extensive social, cultural and … Continue reading →
The town of Frederiksværk has recently established a new museum, The Frederiks Værk Museum of Industry (Industrimuseet Frederiks Værk). It started in October 2004 and began planning new exhibitions, developing an open-air museum and creating a wide range of activities. … Continue reading →
