The advanced industrial society is a pioneer of industrial and mining museums. These museums aware us of our socio-emotional dislocation, which the people in the old industrial town experienced in the midst of shifting industrial geography, and equally educate us about the socio-environmental costs, which humankind has been confronted with. Here, the author shares his observations on the Ruhr Mining Museum (RMM), which he visited during his short sojourn at Essen in Germany in November 2013.
