The historical values of industrial architecture (based on the selected examples from the Lublin Voivodeship)

Abstract

This article attempts to shed more light on the issues of historic values possessed by industrial architecture. Its source base results from the ethnographic ­research carried out by the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography in Łódź in the selected districts of the Lublin Voivodeship, i.e. Łuków, Parczew and Radzyń in the years 2004–2013. This research is also a continuation of the work on the Catalogue of industrial buildings of historical value in Poland. The article focuses on the values of industrial facilities to be seen in their style and architectural details, the dangers to their existence and the examples of the undertaken initiatives for the preservation of the industrial architecture – a vital element of our cultural heritage.