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Old Demidovsky Factory Museum, Nizhny Tagil

The museum is the territory of a metallurgical plant that operated until 1987. Accordingly, there is nothing Demidovsky there, except that there really was a factory on this site, built by Demidov in 1725 next to a phenomenally rich iron ore deposit called Vysokaya Mountain...read more

Sinclar C5 Tricycle

In Istanbul's Rahmi M. Koç Museum, you can see the 1984 Sinclair C5 British tricycle, which was a bold but unsuccessful attempt to create an environmentally friendly vehicle. The author of this original design, Clive Sinclair, is widely known for his incredibly simple and cheap yet effective computer, the Siclair Sprctrum, which revolutionized the home computer industry...read more

Turkish Cars (Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul)

Of course, the Rahmi M. Koç Museum features the products of the Turkish automotive industry, which began in the 1950s for a unique reason: the liberal economic reforms of the Adan Menderes government led to a severe shortage of foreign currency, which was largely used to purchase cars...read more

Kirovgrad Copper Mines. Old and New Yezhovsky

Copper mines of Kirovgrad, Novo-Ezhovsky mine

Our expedition started near the village of Yezhovsky, which is located on the Kirovgrad-Levikha road. First of all, we went to the oldest known pit located on the territory of the Novo-Ezhovsky mine. There were documents at the mine, according to which the work was carried out here in 1862...read more

Kirovgrad Copper Mines. Levikha and Lomovka

Kirovgrad-Levikha Mines

The next facility is the Levikhinsky mine, once the largest supplier of ore for the Kirovgrad copper plant, located 30 km from Kirovgrad...read more



Technical Museums and Raritets, Industrial History

Cinema and Photography

Cinema and Photography

Photo and Cinema Equipment in the Lara Museum, Ronda - Cinema Equipment in Leiria Museum of the Moving Images - Hall of Optical Effects in Leiria Museum of Moving Images - Museum of Cinematography in Łódź - Film Editing Studio in Łódź Cinema Museum - Filming Equipment in Łódź Cinema Museum - Animation Studio in Łódź Cinema Museum - Kaiser Panorama in Łódź Cinema Museum - Movie Projectors in Łódź Cinema Museum - History of Photography on Prague Technical Museum - Photo Studio of Early 20th Century - Seidel Photo Studio in Český Krumlov - Old Cameras Collection in Portugese Centre of Photography, Porto...read more

Funiculars, Elevators, Cable Cars

Classic Cars

Fløibanen Funicular, Bergen - Funivia dell'Etna History - Torre Sant Sebastià, Barcelona - Elevador da Nazaré...read more

Classic Cars

Classic Cars

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Power Engineering

Power Engieering

Old Power Station Mata-AEG, Barcelona...read more

Moscow Polytechnic Museum

Moscow Polytechnic Museum

The largest technical museum in Russia, founded in 1872. Here you can see the collections that were housed in the building on the New Square. In 2013, the building was closed for reconstruction, and the museum was moved to the outskirts of the city, and now most of the exhibits are unavailable...read more