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The Discovery Museum (sic) is a provincial science and industry based museum in Kerkrade, Limburg province in the Netherlands. It was formerly named Industrion or Continium. The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage. [1]

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    1. "ERIH: Continium - Discovery Center Kerkrade". European Route of Industrial Heritage. 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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