Directory of Industry Resources

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Features sites for museums that present exhibits, interactive experiences, and educational opportunities related to industry.

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• Mining
• Paper Making

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• Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources

  http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/museumofnaturalresources/
  Focuses on the 1920s oil boom. Includes details of exhibits, events, programs, and hours. Located in Smackover, Arkansas.

• Baltimore Museum of Industry

  http://www.thebmi.org/
  Covers airplanes, cars, civil rights, space exploration, and how things are made. Hours, memberships, events, research center collections and access information. Located in Maryland.

• Basel Paper Mills

  http://www.papiermuseum.ch/
  Swiss museum of paper and printing. Features visitor information and current exhibits.

• Choco-Story, The Chocolate Museum

  http://www.choco-story.be/
  Tells the story of the transformation of cocoa into chocolate. Includes demonstrations, recipes, group visits, rates, hours, and directions to Bruges, Belgium. [French, English, Dutch, German, and Spanish]

• Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie

  http://www.cite-sciences.fr/
  An interactive museum of science and industry located in Paris, France. Site features online exhibitions, educational experiments for children, and links to the museum's media library. In English and French.

• German Leather Museum

  http://www.ledermuseum.de/
  Collects and preserves artifacts of the leather working industry. Includes a shoe exhibit, publications, and visitor information.

• Hagley Museum and Library

  http://www.hagley.org/
  Museum relates the history the early days and the very first product of the DuPont Company: black powder. Located in Wilmington, DE.

• Herbert H Warrick Jr. Museum of Communications

  http://museumofcommunications.org/
  Museum of the history of the telephone and central office switching equipment, with exhibits including the 1876 model of Bell's first communication device.

• Internal Fire

  http://www.internalfire.com/
  A small museum in Wales covering the development of the diesel engine in the 20th century. Includes photos, history and descriptions of these types of motors.

• McLean Mill National Historic Site

  http://www.alberniheritage.com/mclean-mill/welcome-mclean-steam-sawmill
  Selected as a National Historic Site for its significance to the logging and sawmilling industry. Exhibit themes include sawmilling, family labor, and transportation.

• Museum for the Preservation of Elevating History

  http://www.theelevatormuseum.org/
  Presents the history and technology of elevators and escalators and biographies of their various inventors in a virtual tour. Located in Mobile, Alabama, United States.

• Museum of Leathercraft

  http://www.museumofleathercraft.org/
  Features over 5000 objects and a library that contains in excess of 2000 books, periodicals, slides, and photographs. Includes details of the collections, a list of publications for sale and hours. Located in Northampton, UK.

• Museum of the Moving Image

  http://www.movingimage.us/
  Calendar, screenings and events, exhibitions, the collections, and education programs. Located in Astoria, New York.

• National Bottle Museum

  http://www.nationalbottlemuseum.org/
  Promotes study, appreciation and preservation of the American bottle industry. Exhibits include permanent and changing displays of bottles, containers and glass-blowing tools. Includes photos, hours, admission, membership, class schedules, links and directions. Located in Ballston Spa, New York, United States.

• National Brewery Centre

  http://www.nationalbrewerycentre.co.uk/
  The history of British brewing. Largest brewing collection in Britain, including historic equipment, transportation vehicles, pub memorabilia and advertising materials.

• Perfume Museum

  http://www.museudelperfum.com/
  Presents historical and geographical evolution of perfume bottles. Includes virtual tour, hours and contact details. Located in Barcelona, Spain. [Spanish, English and Catalan].

• Polmos Lancut Distillery - the Lancut Distillery Museum

  http://www.polmoslancut.com.pl/eng/museum.htm
  Exhibiting over two hundred years of the distillery's history with artifacts, photographs and documents. Located in Lancut, Poland.

• Slater Mill

  http://www.slatermill.org/
  Museum complex exhibiting the American industrial heritage. Exhibits include a rubblestone mill, machine tools, and textile industry artifacts.

• Southern Forest Heritage Museum and Research Center

  http://www.forestheritagemuseum.org/
  Historic sawmill complex devoted to examining and interpreting the heritage of the Gulf Coast region's forest industry. Long Leaf, Louisiana.

• The Museum Of Rope Making

  http://www.repslagarbanan.se/
  Working museum in Carlmark, Sweden exhibits the art of rope making. Includes visitor information and schedule. [Swedish, English, German]

• The Petroleum Museum

  http://www.petroleummuseum.org/
  40,000 square feet of interactive exhibits cover all aspects from geology, the formation of oil, its exploration, pipelining, marketing, and refining to the economic and political impact of the industry. Includes hours, entrance fee, events, membership and directions. Located in Midland, Texas.

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