Industrial Heritage

Explore the vast industrial heritage of the UK with reviews, news, event listings, website links and much more from hundreds of museums, collections and heritage sites.

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From ancient woodlands to industrial mills - HLF supports five projects with £18 million

The Heritage Lottery Fund has chosen five projects which "celebrate the breadth of the UK's heritage" in a potential round of funding worth £18 million.

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Coins and Kings: The Royal Mint looks rare and lucrative at the Tower of London

The tower's new permanent display charts a Mint history, from Isaac Newton's time as an astute Warden to a pair of iron dies used to cast coins under Edward III.

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Glasgow's Riverside Museum wins European Museum of the Year 2013

Glasgow's museum of transport and travel has beaten 40 rivals from across Europe to a prestigious international prize.

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Rustless: Harry Brearley and the Impact of Stainless on Everyday Life at Kelham Island

A century after Harry Brearley hit upon the formula for "rustless" steel, a renamed room and two displays at Kelham Island Museum honour the Sheffield lad's achievements.

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The Culture24/7: History and Heritage highlights for May 2013

From a Bank Holiday party in Cambridge to the inspiring Museums at Night and the opening of the £27 million Mary Rose Museum, here are our history highlights this month.

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Julian Wild talks Meccano, industrial history and sculpture for Museums at Night 2013

Ahead of his Museums at Night public sculpture project at the Ironbridge Gorge industrial heritage site on May 18, sculptor Julian Wild talks to Mark Sheerin about his ambitious plans.

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Enlightenment! Derbyshire Setting the Eighteenth Century Pace at Strutt's North Mill

Representing a collaborative effort between curators in Belper, Buxton and Derby, a new exhibition features some inspiring examples from Derbyshire's creative history.

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A Centenary of Stainless Steel: The Old Hall Connection at Walsall Museum

Who knew about the impact stainless steel had in Walsall? A new show reveals a design dream created by a husband and wife unimpressed with their cleaning nearly a century ago.

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Culture24/7: Tom Daley, Dorothy Wordsworth and the Prince of Wales make History

There are Secrets of the Royal Bedchambers and Olympic flashbacks in London. It's also Beamish's birthday, and Arbeia Fort and Museum, in South Shields, is back open.

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Factory Girls takes nostalgic trip through bright bygone work clothes at Walsall Museum

From dress-like overalls during the 1920s to the nylon jackets of the 1960s and 1970s, a nostalgic exhibition in Walsall collates workwear from local factories.

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Flying Scotsman off tracks for two years as report calls for contractor

The National Railway Museum will appoint independent engineers in a bid to complete the restoration project on the famous 4472 locomotive.

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Ceramicist Elaine Lim-Newton creates Switch City at Walsall Museum

Taking inspiration from a factory which used to be the largest source of employment in the town, artist Elaine Lim-Newton has created a sci-fi style electricity sculpture.

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We Made it – Nuts, Bolts, Gadgets and Gizmos gallery opens at Thinktank Birmingham

Cars, cows, aluminium and mobile phones feature among 1,200 objects and 20 interactive exhibits in a new gallery charting Birmingham's productive past.

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Curious ordinary objects shine in David Usborne's Objectivity at Harewood House

The Servants’ Hall at Harewood House is hosting an extraordinary exhibition of ordinary, useful tools considered as works of art by collector David Usborne.

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Elizabeth Shaw, Fry's and Turkish Delight in Chocolate show at Bristol's M Shed

Unwrap the business of chocolate making during the past 250 years in a new show in Bristol inviting visitors to follow the entire chocolate making process.

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