Thema: industry

Sud­den­ly Elec­tor! The ex­tra­or­di­na­ry life of Au­gust from Frei­berg

The Frei­berg Town and Mi­ning Mu­se­um is curr­ent­ly hos­ting the im­pres­si­ve spe­cial ex­hi­bi­ti­on “Sud­den­ly Elec­tor! Au­gust from Frei­berg” is curr­ent­ly on dis­play. It is ta­king place for the first time in the new mu­se­um ex­ten­si­on “Sil­ver Gate” and is de­di­ca­ted to the fa­sci­na­ting care­er and work of Elec­tor Au­gust of Sa­x­o­ny. Born in Frei­berg on […]

Eter­nal sounds — The in­vi­si­ble sounds of the Ruhr re­gi­on

Sin­ce Sep­tem­ber 2024, sounds that are nor­mal­ly hid­den from view have be­en au­di­ble at the Ger­man Mi­ning Mu­se­um in Bo­chum: Wi­th the art­work Ewig­keits­ge­räu­sche, ar­tist Mo­ritz Fehr has crea­ted a spa­ti­al sound in­stal­la­ti­on that acou­sti­cal­ly stages the “eter­nal tasks” of post-mi­­ning. The con­stant his­sing of wa­ter pumps, the hum­ming of fans and the elec­tro­ma­gne­tic whir­ring […]

Fu­ture wi­t­hout growth? — Pro­s­pects for a sus­tainable eco­no­my

The spe­cial ex­hi­bi­ti­on “Fu­ture wi­t­hout growth? — The eco­no­my bet­ween cli­ma­te ca­ta­stro­phe and so­cial di­vi­si­on” at the Her­ren­wyk In­dus­tri­al Mu­se­um ad­dres­ses the con­tro­ver­si­al is­sues of our time: How can eco­no­mic pro­spe­ri­ty be re­con­ci­led wi­th eco­lo­gi­cal re­spon­si­bi­li­ty and so­cial ju­s­ti­ce? The ex­hi­bi­ti­on is de­di­ca­ted to the li­mits of clas­sic eco­no­mic growth — in­spi­red by the le­gen­da­ry […]