On 29th May 2014, the Ministry of Finance – Programme Operator of Programme CZ06 - “Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Arts” approved funding to implement pre-defined project of the National Heritage Institute “Industrial Heritage”.

The project is focused on knowledge, evaluation and mediation of knowledge in the area of industrial heritage care and cooperation between expert institutions of heritage care in the Czech Republic and Norway. The core is mutual familiarization with industrial heritage on Norwegian and Czech side, methods of documentation, evaluation from the perspective of heritage care, methods of renovation and education. Publication dedicated to significant examples of industrial heritage of the Czech Republic and Norway will be published within the project. The publication will accompany chamber exhibition devoted to industrial heritage. Norwegian institution The Directorate for Cultural Heritage – Riksantikvaren is partner of the project.

Overall allocation of the pre-defined project is 3 852 225 CZK.