Industrial Heritage Tourism in Europe Dr Wolfgang Ebert

A new project:

is a European project for: Spatial development Industrial heritage Tourism part-financed by the EU-INTERREG-Programme

Industrial Heritage: Is an important part of the European heritage Is a chance for: “Regeneration through Heritage” Sustainable tourism Enhancing spatial and urban planning Industrial Heritage tourism with economic success Future needs heritage !

The Occasion The campaign of the EU: Europe - Our Shared Heritage The example: The Route of Industrial Heritage at The Ruhr, Germany

A successful Network

Working since Anchor points – the Highlights 552 sites 25 Theme Routes More than 10 millions visitors per year At the Silicon Valley of the Heavy Industry An investment of more than 10 Billions The base is: Network-Marketing

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The Profile of ERIH Industrial heritage tourism requires: Understanding the industrial landscapes Attractive sites Customers A market A network of information and marketing A well known brand

Planning and Organisation in the first Phase Building a network of information and partners Research work for sites and routes Thematic conferences Setting up a master-plan (end of 2001) for a part of Europe:

The Partners Are developing the vision since 1999 Are financing the project together Are representing one (or more) single site(s) Are consultants for the research work for the whole of the country which they represent

What do we offer ?

The Network of ERIH wants to: set up a structure offering professional services in and outside the network offer information and service about sites and routes to marketing organisations spread information and knowledge within the system of partners raise the quality of interpretation at the sites of the network work on better promotion of the sites work together with urban and spatial planners to spread the idea of “Regeneration through Heritage” offer direct information-services to customers about sites and routes

Sites and Networks The most attractive industrial heritage sites With an outstanding history With tourist potential They will be linked to the main route We call them "anchor points" And more: Sites which help to understand landscapes They will form the regional and thematic routes These routes start at the anchor points All in all: a network - easy to use and promote

Partners and sites

The British Sub-Group

Anchor Points BlaenavonBig Pit National Mining Museum of Wales CaernarfonWelsh Slate Museum SheffieldKelham Island Museum Stoke-on-Trent Gladstone Pottery Museum BrentfordKew Bridge Steam Museum MatlockArkwright Society ManchesterSaltaire Village LanarkNew Lanark Conservation Trust NorthwhichLion Salt Works Trust DundeeVerdant Works TelfordIron Bridge Museums BickleyWaltham Abbey Gunpowder Mill Overton, WakefieldNational Coal Mining Museum for England, Overton NewtongrangeScottish Mining Museum Birmingham Museum of Jewellery Quarter ChathamThe Historic Dockyard GloucesterNational Waterways Museum (at Gloucester Docks) SwanseaNational Waterfront Museum TruroGeevor Museum TavistockMorwellham Quay IronbridgeAmlwch Industrial Heritage ManchesterThe Manchester Museum of Science and Industry LiverpoolMerseyside Maritime Museum

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Anchor point: Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site Borough of Telford & Wrekin

Anchor point: Manchester and Salford Proposed World Heritage Site The Manchester University

Anchor point: Big Pit National Mining Museum of Wales Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site Torfaen County Borough

Anchor point: Royal Gunpowder Mill, Waltham Abbey Essex County Council

Belgium Vereniging voor Industriële Archeologie en Textiel, Gent

Anchor point MIAT - Museum of Industry and Textile, Gent

Anchor points La Foundry, Brussels Museum of Industrial and Social History of the Brussels Region Westoria Tourist Centre, Diksmuide Museum of Industry and Textile, Gent Flemish Mining Museum, Behringen National Museum of Navigation, Antwerp The Masters of Fire, Amay Museum of Industry Forge La Providence, Charleroi Canal du Centre Shiplifts, La Louviere (Vistors Centre SENEFFE) World Heritage Site PASS Scientific Aventure Park Le Crachet, Mons Visitors Mine Blegny, Blegny Furnace St Michel, St Hubert

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The Netherlands Stichting Industriecultuur Nederland, Alkmaar

Anchor Points KerkradeMuseum of Industry "Industrion" TilburgThe Dutch Museum of Textiles Burgh-HaamstedeOosterscheldekering-Neeltjejans RotterdamWilhelmina Quays HaarlemmermeerSeam Punping Station "De Cruquius" AmsterdamHeineken Experience - Heineken Brewery ZaandamMuseum Zaanse Schans HengeloMuseum of Technology HEIM EnschedeMuseum of Textiles and Social Life Jannink ZenenaarBrick Works "De Panoven"

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The Saar World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte Iron Works European Centre for Art and Industrial Heritage Consultants to the Government of the Saar

Anchor Point Voelklinger Hütte Iron Works World Heritage Site

More Anchor Points at the “Saar-Lor-Lux” Region Musée du bassin houiller lorrain Petite-Rosselle, France Industry and Railway Park Fond-de-Gras, Luxembourg

The Lead Partner North-Rhine-Westphalian Board of Tourism The Secretariat of the Prime-Minister in co-operation with: The Minister for Urban Planning, Housing, Culture Affaires and Sports (responsible for Monument Preservation) The Minister for Economic Affaires, Energy and Transport (responsible for Tourism)

Anchor Points Colliery and Coking plant Zollverein, Essen (Ruhr) - World Heritage Site Landscape Park Duisburg-North, Duisburg (Ruhr) Westphalian Museum of Industry Colliery Zollern II/IV, Dortmund (Ruhr) Rhenish Museum of Industry Textile Mill Müller, Euskirchen Rhenish Museum of Industry Drop Forge Hendrichs, Solingen Westphalian Museum of Industry “Brick Works Sylbach”, Lage

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The Main Route will link all the anchor points

Regional Routes Each anchor point will serve as an information point to promote the route it is representing

Transnational Theme Routes Mining: The Assets of our Earth Iron and Steel: Blast Furnaces Glowing Textile: From Fabric to Factory Production and Manufacturing: Goods for the World Application of Power: What Makes Us Go Transport and Communication: The Tracks of the Industrial Revolution Water: Blue Gold

Information-Systems Sites will be identified by symbols and signs Road signposting only at prominent places Or on regional routes (like at the Ruhr) Media will provide routes and information On the internet: A tourist information system

The First Step: First Launch was in September 2005 at Ironbridge

The next Steps: Establishing the working network step by step Completing the information-systems Co-operation with the tourist organisations for the further development of Setting up the network for more regions of Europe Including existing networks in some regions

Thank you for your interest !