From foundry to museum – the location On Zwickauer Straße In 19th century Chemnitz, a large number of industrial settings were concentrated alongside today’s Zwickauer Straße. The arterial roads became favoured areas for manufactures and factories because the inner city … Continue reading →
5000 m2 of history and histories of Man’s relationship to the land, the river and the sea. 10 million Euro have been invested in the old preserve factory Feu Hermanos and Portimão Museum – 5000 m2 that display the city’s … Continue reading →
Background The People’s History Museum derives its origin from the Trade Union, Labour and Co-operative History Society. From the 1960s the society formed a small collection and between 1975 and 1986 ran a museum in Limehouse Town Hall in London. … Continue reading →
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 →
