The Deutsche Bergbau-Museum Bochum, founded in 1930, was established as a museum of technology, a site for vocational training of miners, and a showcase for the mining industry. While its focus on the history of technology has always been...
The article examines the degree to which museum objects can serve as sources for historical research and identifies the types of questions that may be pro-ductively addressed through their use. The selected artefacts—two ammeters mounted on two...