Definition
Institutions that acquire, preserve, research and exhibit permanent and/or traveling collections of artifacts which relate to the history of work, workers and the labor movement; the industrial revolution and the development of the machine age; the machinery and tools that contributed to the growth of manufacturing; or the history of a particular trade or industry (e.g., the sugar industry, the canning industry, the advertising industry) or a particular company recognized for its leadership in an industry. Included may be material related to the impact of industrialization or a particular industry on a specific community, region or era; replicas of early modern factories or other industrial settings; significant milestones in the development of a particular industry; examples of the machinery and tools associated with the industry; photographs and other memorabilia of people who invented or operated the equipment; and exhibits demonstrating specific industrial processes.
URL Name
TA-5500-4300
Third Level Code
TA-5500
Taxonomy Code
TA-5500.4300
Parent Code
TA-5500
Family Code
T
Second Level Code
TA
Fourth Level Code
TA-5500-4300
Use References
Woollen Industry Museums, Advertising Museums, Canning Museums, Cotton Industry Museums, Industrial Museums, Labor Museums, Logging Museums, Mining Museums, Oil Museums, Papermaking Museums, Precision Tool Museums, Printing Industry Museums, Tool Museums, Woolen Industry Museums
Publication Status
Online