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: Kraftwerk Ermen & Engels (hydroelectric power plant as part of the former 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 Rheinisches Industriemuseum the Textilfabrik Cromford/Cromford Spinning Mill in Ratingen Ermen & Engels (Engelskirchen) view in Google Earth