INDUSTRIAL MEMORY

Industrial Heritage.

Industrial history in this region is not behind glass: the Semmering Railway still carries commuters across viaducts built with hand tools and black powder, and the Deutsches Museum has been explaining the industrial world since 1903. Heritage here means things that keep working.

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2 discoveries
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AT, DE
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Engineering & Innovation, Traditional Crafts & Makers

This topic covers the places where the industrial revolution's memory is preserved, protected — and in daily operation.

  • Historic railways and transport infrastructure as living heritage
  • Museums of science, technology and industry
  • UNESCO World Heritage and its engineering stories
  • Conservation, demonstration and the culture of working machines
Original schematic illustration representing Semmering Railway
AUSTRIA · INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

Semmering Railway

The 1850s mountain railway so beautiful it became a World Heritage landscape

AT EST. 1854 VISIT: YES
Original schematic illustration representing Deutsches Museum
GERMANY · INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

Deutsches Museum

An island of invention: more than a century of explaining how the world works

DE EST. 1903 VISIT: YES

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