Museums and archaeological sites
Collection of websites that contain information about museums created around old industrial heritage and archaeological sites. Unfortunately, this criterion inevitably excludes some information of great interest on the subject of industrial landscapes, but which cannot be consulted from a web page.
Catalonia
This ecomuseum aims to conserve and enrich the heritage of La Farinera and the surrounding area, promote its social use and turn it into a tool for energisation, in addition to studying the land and its relations with the societies that have lived on it.
L’espai patrimonial La Central, a la central hidroelèctrica de Talarn, treballa en l’estudi, la difusió i la preservació del patrimoni industrial hidroelèctric del Pallars Jussà.
Located in Terrassa, mNACTEC's general aim is to foster knowledge of the history of science and technology and the industrialisation process in Catalonia, as well as the history of productive processes in society.
Former textile colony located on the bank of the Llobregat River that aims to explain what daily life was like in the industrial colonies between the last thirty years of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
The museum is made up of several different buildings linked to the Igualada irrigation channel, for which water is collected from the River Anoia by means of a dam. The exhibition route enables visitors to understand this industrial landscape by exploring the cultural importance of leather in Mediterranean civilization, its different uses throughout history, the technical evolution of the leather industry, and the role of water in this production process.
While devoted to coal, this technology and history museum is also an interpretation centre to explain and provide information on the many close relations between this fossil fuel and the geological, scenic, economic and human surroundings of Alt Berguedà.
The Asland cement factory, located in Clot del Moro in Castellar de n'Hug, has been transformed into an interpretation centre for cement landscapes, with an external route through the industrial ruins of the factory which shows the spectacular nature of the manufacturing complex in a unique natural setting.
Museum that testifies to the industrial vitality that developed in the middle Ter River. The museum describes signposted routes that run through the industrial landscapes of the Ter and organises activities related to the river's cultural heritage.
Museum devoted to the Capellades paper industry, which also centres part of its efforts on explaining the surrounding industrial archaeological landscape.
Group of 25 museums organised around the Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia to spread information about industrialisation in Catalonia and scientific and technological culture throughout the region. The website offers various information on industrial heritage and industrialisation and provides access to the industrial museum network of Catalonia.
Europe
Finland
Finnish museum that covers all the paper-making facilities of an old vertical-integration industry. Declared World Heritage by UNESCO.
France
This old mining complex has been turned into a museum that aims to testify to 200 years of coal extraction in Pas-de-Calais and the daily life of its miners. Also includes a documentary research centre and a centre on the scientific culture of energy.
Ecomuseum that covers different industrial colonies and traces the historical evolution of the different types of industry in the French department of Saône-et-Loire.
Germany
The first and largest industrial museum in Germany, it groups together eight recovered industrial complexes found throughout the Rhine and Weser rivers. The museum focuses on exploring and spreading information about the cultural heritage of the 150 years of industrialisation that marked the region more than any other time before or since.
Information on the Völklingen heavy metal industry complex, today declared World Heritage by UNESCO, which has been turned into a museum and a scientific and cultural facility. Includes a virtual tour in 360 degrees.
Information on the Zollverein industrial complex, today turned into a museum and declared World Heritage by UNESCO, which includes a description of the complex, its history and various photographs.
Italy
Industrial colony in Italy that forms part of the recognised Italian sites declared World Heritage by UNESCO, in which transformation of the landscape after its activity is especially visible.
This ecomuseum is a regional network of the Germanasca River Valley, in Piedmont, which includes a tour of one of the largest talcum mines in Europe.
Group of five museums that make up the network, which depicts the mining past of this extensive area in the Italian province of South Tyrol.
Sweden
Ecomuseum that shows the beginnings of the modern industrial era with more than 50 elements of Swedish industrial heritage spread over a large area. Includes mines, hammer mills and blast furnaces, among others, as well as the museums of the counties of Dalarna and Västmanland.
United Kingdom
Mining complex turned into an open-air museum devoted to the industrial heritage of southeast England, which allows visitors to glimpse the landscape that was created around the gypsum mines that were set up in the rural areas and are still visible today.
Website with a lot of information on the industrial landscape of Blaenavon. The area is part of UNESCO's cultural and natural heritage due to the industrial heritage found there.
18th-century industrial complex that includes many factories and worker's estates considered pioneers in the British cotton industry. Declared World Heritage by UNESCO.
Group of three museum spaces that enable visitors to follow a history trail through the industrialisation process in Sheffield and the consequent transformation of its landscape.
Group of ten museums housed in old factories located along the Severn River, a zone considered the cradle of the industrial revolution and declared World Heritage by UNESCO. Alongside the museums' activities, the foundation that governs them promotes research and study of the area's heritage and landscape.
International
Canada
One of Canada's most historically rich mining complexes, turned into a museum today. The website contains an extensive historical explanation and many photographs of the mining centre.
United States
Museum founded in order to preserve the gold-mining heritage that developed in South Dakota's Black Hills.
Spain
Old mining complex transformed into an interpretation centre that aims to recover and reassess the industrial and scenic heritage of the area, enhancing it and spreading information about its natural and cultural values.
Andalusia
Open-air museum of the old sulphur and copper mines of Riotinto, in Huelva, an important local mining centre of Roman origin that reached its greatest levels of production at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.
Asturias
Museum created with the aim of classifying, explaining, analysing and spreading information about mining heritage, which has deeply marked the population and landscape of the area. Includes a simulation of a mine for taking tours.
With a strong educational approach, this museum aims to explain the socio-economic and landscape-related developments that came with the arrival of railways in Asturias, in addition to studying the industrial revolution and technological development.
Interpretation centre for the mining village of Bustiello, a major mining area in Montaña Central County in Asturias. The centre shows the geological and industrial importance of the area, as well as the characteristics of the mining village from a historical, artistic and heritage perspective.
Castilla-La Mancha
Website of the ancient mining complex of Almadén, among the oldest in the world, which has been active until the beginning of the XXIst century. The old site where cinnabar was extracted for mercury production dates back to Roman times and is listed as World Heritage Site.
The Basque Country
Located in Eibar, this museum is devoted to conserving and spreading information about the historical memory and industrial heritage of a people with a great tradition of weaponry and includes a specific section on how the city changed after the growth of industry.
Website of a museum devoted to the study and promotion of the culture and history of the mining tradition in the Basque Country, mostly in the mining area of Vizcaya, specialized in iron ore extraction in open cast mines.
Located in Portugalete, this is a historical and artistic museum that aims to recover and spread information about the remnants of the Bilbao estuary's industrial past. It includes a permanent exhibition on the estuary's landscape and how it has changed.