LVR Industrial Museum
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The Rheinisches Industriemuseum (lit. Rhineland Museum of the Industry) is a decentralized museum with six locations in Rhineland, western Germany. The locations are:
- Oberhausen: the main site at the old Zinkfabrik Altenberg (zinc factory), near the Oberhausen main station
- Ratingen: Textilfabrik Cromford (textiles factory), the first factory in continental Europe, named after the Cromford Mill
- Solingen: Gesenkschmiede Hendrichs (forge)
- Bergisch Gladbach: Papiermühle Alte Dombach (paper mill)
- Engelskirchen: Ermen & Engels cotton spinning mill
- Euskirchen: Tuchfabrik Müller (textile factory)
The owner of the museum is the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR).
See also
- LWL-Industriemuseum (formerly: Westfälisches Industriemuseum), lit. Westphalian Museum of the Industry
External links
- (in German) Rheinisches Industriemuseum
- (in German) the Textilfabrik Cromford/Cromford Spinning Mill in Ratingen
- Ermen & Engels (Engelskirchen) view in Google Earth
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