Visible remnants of our vast and varied industrial heritage are scattered across the region, spreading from the shoreline, along rivers and deep into the interior. More than 150 museums and sites exist here today to interpret objects, structures, and historical practices left in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. This website is a celebration of New England as a landscape of work and innovation. It is a portal for exploring the American birthplace of a revolution that triggered the most profound set of social and environmental changes in human history. Tour bygone commercial routes where handwork gave way to the machine. See the places where unforgiving agricultural conditions gave rise to an embrace of new ideas, materials and methods. Re-discover the spirit of determination, creativity and confidence that characterized New England’s early industrial efforts and continues to impact our regional identity today.