Ruhr Museum
A regional museum housed in a former coal preparation plant at Zollverein, reached by a long external escalator glowing orange, and telling the natural and industrial history of the Ruhr.
The museum is located in the coal preparation plant of Zollverein Shaft XII. Its entrance is a long escalator attached to the outside of the building, which glows orange at night. The exhibitions preserve the original massive coal-processing machinery and cover geology and coal formation, industrialization, migration, miners' lives, and postwar transformation, with a rich collection of exhibits. A rooftop observation platform offers views over the entire complex and the urban landscape of the Ruhr. Tickets cost around €10–20, and a visit takes about two hours.
Opening hours
10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
- Red Dot Design Museum
- Old Synagogue (Essen)
- Essen Minster
- Museum Folkwang
- Veltins-Arena
- Grugapark
- Lake Baldeney