LECTURE "OUR INDUSTRIAL PAST RE-USED: 40 YEARS OF USING THE HERITAGE OF TECHNOLOGY"
Axel Föhl, the creator of the Guest Exhibition "New Uses In Old Industrial Buildings", will present a lecture before its opening. A pioneering documenter and protector of industrial heritage within the Federal Republic of Germany, Föhl will speak about the 40 years of protecting industrial heritage by the Association for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in the Federal Republic of Germany. The lecture will be in English (no interpretation).
THE OPENING OF "NEW USES IN OLD INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS: FORTY YEARS OF POST-INDUSTRIAL MONUMENTS IN GERMANY"
A Guest Exhibition to be presented by the Association for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in the Federal Republic of Germany, "New Uses in Old Industrial Buildings" at the Zagreb City Museum hopes to use foreign experiences in industrial heritage to provide models of practice that can applied today. This Exhibition celebrates 40 years of protecting industrial heritage by the Association for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in the Federal Republic of Germany. The historical development and heritage characteristics of 33 converted industrial and factory buildings, along with their adjoining facilities and complexes, are presented for the first time in this Exhibition.
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INDUSTRIAL
HERITAGE
: a part of cultural
heritage relating
to industrial
landscapes,
structures,
workers housing,
machinery,
documentation
and artefacts
inherited from
the past, whose
wellthought
management
preserves the
memory on the
development and
progress of human
civilization and
creates new
value for future
generations
: a part of common
European identity
(Europe the
"cradle" of industry)
: tangible evidence
on the society
modernization
process
