工業遺產，簡單的說就是「包括仍然持續運作或已經閒置之工業設施與工業人造物的遺 物」。有些西方國家也將「工業考古」(Industrial Archaeology)視為工業遺產一項非常重要的工 作。世界各國對於工業遺產的保存則始於戰後，當時科技逐漸發展，一些發展於工業革命後的工 廠有的因為無法滿足新時代的需求，有的因為都市計劃分區之限制而陸續被拆除，引起許多人的 關注，進而倡議保存這些工業遺物。國際世界遺產理事會也將2006年4月18日「國際文化資產日」 的主題定為「保護工業遺產」，使工業遺產保護成為全世界共同關注的課題。本文將從不同的面 向，以及國外的產業遺產為例，探討保存維護的各項重要課題。

Industrial heritage, solidly speaking, means “the industrial facilities and man-made industrial remains in a run-down place that have fallen into oblivion, some of them may still be in use though.” Some Western countries take the “industrial archaeology” as a very important step for conserving the industrial heritage. The ideas and deeds to protect and preserve the industrial heritage around the world started from after the end of World War II. As the science and technology develops, some factories originated from the Industrial Revolution were no longer adequate to meet the increasing demands of the new environment and the others became obstacles under some new urbanization and redevelopment plans. Their demolitions raised the concerns of many who indicated that the society should preserve these industrial heritages. Thus, the World Heritage Council took up “Protecting the Industrial Heritage” as the theme of “International Cultural Property Day” on April 18, 2006 and this issue became the focus of the entire world. This paper takes some foreign industrial heritage conservation projects as examples and tries to explore this important issue from different aspects.