Top 10 Specialty Museums in Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia

January 26, 2022 Franklyn Hardiman

Discover the best top things to do in Ruhr Area, Germany including Lwl Industrial Museum Zollern, German Mining Museum, LWL-Industriemuseum Zeche Nachtigall, Ruhr Museum, Red Dot Design Museum, LWL - Freilichtmuseum, Camera Obscura Museum zur Vorgeschichte des Films, Zeiss Planetarium, DASA, LWL-Industriemuseum Henrichshuette Hattingen.
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1. Lwl Industrial Museum Zollern

Grubenweg 5, 44388 Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 231 6961111 [email protected] http://zeche-zollern.lwl.org
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4.5 based on 205 reviews

Lwl Industrial Museum Zollern

At first sight palatial redbrick facades and artistically adorned gables on buildings dotted around a grassy square are more reminiscent of an aristocratic residence than a coal mine. This was exactly one of the ideas behind the architecture. Today the “mansion of labour” in the west of Dortmund is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and impressive testimonies to Germany’s industrial history. The engine house with its famous Jugendstil doorway is already an icon. But the museum’s outstanding industrial architecture is only one of many different attractive facets. The various sections of the exhibition will take you into a world of harsh working conditions, and the stories of the men and women who worked in coalmining during the 20th century will bring this vividly to life.

2. German Mining Museum

Am Bergbaumuseum 28, 44791 Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 234 58770 [email protected] http://www.bergbaumuseum.de
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4.5 based on 549 reviews

German Mining Museum

The extraction, processing and utilization of mineral geo-resources, subsumed here under the term ‘mining’, is a subject with great significance for the development of human civilization. The global importance of mining is increasing today, and will no doubt continue to do so in future. This is clear from the political campaigns and the intense media reactions associated with issues of raw material supplies and shortages, and also resource conservation (recycling and the use of renewable energy sources). The work of the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, as the leading international museum on the mining industry, takes place within this socially relevant context. As one of the Leibniz Association’s research museums, the DBM is devoted to investigating the extraction, processing and utilization of mineral raw materials in the context of social, cultural, ecological and economic dynamics, spanning different historical periods. The museum shows the lasting impact which these processes have had on the development of society, and preserves relevant evidence for future generations. In short: The Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum is the cultural memory of the mining industry.

Reviewed By Shpsurf - Dover, United States

A must see when visiting the Ruhr Valley. Interesting and historically accurate. Not ideal for small children or people with walking disability.

3. LWL-Industriemuseum Zeche Nachtigall

Nachtigallstr. 35, 58452 Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 2302 936640 [email protected] http://www.lwl-industriemuseum.de
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4.5 based on 62 reviews

LWL-Industriemuseum Zeche Nachtigall

People began chipping out the first lumps of “black gold” from the hillsides of the Ruhrgebiet around 300 years ago. The Nightingale Colliery will take you back to the time when miners could walk straight inside the galleries to get at the coal; and later sunk the first shafts below ground. Equipped with a helmet and pit lamp visitors can take a walk down the narrow gangway of our mining gallery to a genuine coal streak and experience the unique atmosphere of early mining. One of the oldest hauling engines in the region can be seen in operation in the engine house.

4. Ruhr Museum

Gelsenkirchener Str. 181 UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein, 45309 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 24681444 [email protected] http://www.ruhrmuseum.de
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4.5 based on 181 reviews

Ruhr Museum

Reviewed By 355stefang - Brussels, Belgium

The Ruhr Museum is easily one of the best and most interesting museums I have ever visited anywhere in the world. Naturally, the fact the museum is in a HUGE, old industrial building is in itself extremely interesting. It's almost like one day the machines were just switched off, and then the next day a museum bloomed inside. Spread out over several floors, you will have to spend a day or even two to really see and read everything in the museum (most description cards were only in German, if I remember correctly, but there was also English for much of the museum). You can also go to the rooftop for wonderful views of the Zollverein complex. Obligatory giftshop and toilets available inside, as well. In the museum you'll gain an understanding of the impact the Ruhr Gebiet (Ruhr Valley/Area) had on the local population - how it was essentially their livelihood - and a good understanding of the impact industrialization has had on the environment, and what's being done about it today. There are numerous mining objects, countless gems, rocks, animals, etc., so many you'd think you actually went to a natural history museum. I can't express how fantastic this museum was. There is so much to see and the building itself and old mining machinery just make this an awesome experience. Highly recommended!

5. Red Dot Design Museum

Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 3010460 http://www.red-dot-design-museum.org
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4.5 based on 181 reviews

Red Dot Design Museum

Reviewed By Johnny19039

The Red Dot Design Museum is the largest of its kind in the world. There are some smaller museums in Singapore and in China. The museum is very well designed, which is in part due to the fact that modern, well-designed utility items and other objects are presented in an old industrial building on the site of the former coal mine site ″Zollverein″. A large part of the exhibited objects won the Red Dot Award just this year. The museum is larger than you might first imagine and you should bring plenty of time to take a close look at everything. The staff in the cash desk area are very friendly. Nearby there are enough free parking spaces.

6. LWL - Freilichtmuseum

Mackingerbach, 58091 Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 2331 78070 [email protected] http://www.lwl-freilichtmuseum-hagen.de/de/
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4.5 based on 162 reviews

LWL - Freilichtmuseum

7. Camera Obscura Museum zur Vorgeschichte des Films

Am Schloss Broich 42, 45479 Muelheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 208 3022605 [email protected] http://www.camera-obscura-muelheim.de
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4.5 based on 35 reviews

Camera Obscura Museum zur Vorgeschichte des Films

Reviewed By paulgH7779UF

I really enjoyed my day visiting the museum, the view from the top is lovely. There are plenty of self explanatory and hands on exhibits. There is also a lift if you are unable to navigate the stairs.

8. Zeiss Planetarium

Castroper Str. 67, 44791 Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 234 516060 http://www.planetarium-bochum.de
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4.5 based on 290 reviews

Zeiss Planetarium

9. DASA

Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1-25, 44149 Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 231 90712479 http://www.dasa-dortmund.de
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4.5 based on 120 reviews

DASA

10. LWL-Industriemuseum Henrichshuette Hattingen

Werksstr. 31-33, 45527 Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 2324 9247140 [email protected] http://henrichshuette-hattingen.lwl.org
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4.5 based on 71 reviews

LWL-Industriemuseum Henrichshuette Hattingen

For 150 years the sparks were flying at the blast furnaces at the Henrichshutte ironworks when the kilns were opened to spew out the molten iron. Today we have brought this authentic historic ironworks back to life. Over 10,000 people once worked here on the gigantic site, producing coke, and casting, rolling and forging iron and steel. The museum has a number of different trails where visitors can learn more about the dif ferent work processes. They can also take the glass elevator to the top of the oldest existing blast furnace in the region, watch our steel casting demonstrations, go on a torchlight tour of the works at night, or simply sit back and enjoy a piano recital in the blowing house.

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