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

51°28′28″N 6°50′56″E / 51.47444°N 6.84889°E / 51.47444; 6.84889

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