ERIH - European Route of Industrial Heritage

Europejski Szlak Dziedzictwa Przemysłowego to sieć informacji turystycznej łącząca obiekty dziedzictwa przemysłowego. Sieć zrzesza ponad 300 organizacji członkowskich. Opracowuje szlaki tematyczne dziedzictwa przemysłowego na terenie całej Europy, mające na celu zwrócenie uwagi na wspólne europejskie dziedzictwo przemysłowe oraz promocję turystyczną miejsc i regionów związanych z historią przemysłu.

Do sieci ERIH należą m.in. Muzeum Fabryki, Muzeum Kolejnictwa na Śląsku, Zabytkowa Kopalnia Srebra, Muzeum Żup Krakowskich Wieliczka, Sztolnia „Królowa Luiza”, Osiedle Nikiszowiec, Stara Kopalnia Centrum Nauki i Sztuki i wiele innych.

The ERIH is showcasing industrial heritage among a fascinating network of European cultural centres.

The age of industrialisation left its mark all over Europe. It shaped landscapes, influenced day-to-day life and following its demise large monuments remain as testimonies to this significant era.

Pounding steam engines, deafening factories, the fate of working people and everyday working life during Europe ́s Industrial Revolution is being brought back to life and staged in industrial monuments and museums all over Europe.

Cultural, leisure and tourist attractions in 1,800 former industrial sites in 47 countries will offer one of the most comprehensive information portals on European industrial heritage.

2017-2020 CREATIVE EUROPE PROJECTS

The network’s main objectives are to create European links for industrial heritage, celebrate the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage by addressing young people and children as well as develop measurable benefits for ERIH members and other cultural stakeholders in Europe.

The network ́s contribution to the 2018 EYCH included the “WORK-it-OUT”, a Europe wide dance event that took place on 1st May 2018 and 2019.

Other activities include “Change with an impact”, a travelling exhibition, “European Industrial Heritage, how to tell the international story?”, a brochure telling the story of European industrialisation, the twinning of sites (a partner programme for sites), succession planning (a programme to preserve and transfer special industrial heritage skills to the next generation), and to have the European Academy of Industrial Heritage to provide a list of universities which offer studies linked to industrial heritage.

In May 2019, ERIH became a certified Cultural Route of the Council of Europe.