Thursday, May 30, 2024: Family Day 
The Local Hero Week at Zollverein starts on May 30th with a family day. The world heritage site gets into the party mood indoors and outdoors with a program tailored to children and families - including clowns and balloon modelling. There is also free entry to the Ruhr Museum, the Portal of Industrial Culture and the Participatory Zeche as well as free guided tours of the monument trail. To be seen publicly for the first time on this occasion: the new 360-degree film and an exhibition of the best images from the “Room for the Future” photo competition to mark 25 years of the Industrial Culture Route.

From May 30th: Exhibition for the photo competition “Room for the Future” 
How has the region changed since the Industrial Heritage Route was founded? And how do people perceive industrial culture? These were questions that formed the basis of a participatory photo competition that the Ruhr Regional Association (RVR) announced in collaboration with the Ruhr Museum via the FUNKE Media Group. We were looking for individual photos or series of up to eight images from the last 25 years that deal with industrial culture and the people in the Ruhr area. A team of employees from the RVR and the Ruhr Museum selected the best images, which will be shown from May 30 to November 10, 2024 on the 24-meter level of the Ruhr Museum and in the RVR headquarters.

Friday, May 31, 2024: Dance party in the Erich Brost Pavilion 
The Route Industrial Culture anniversary is celebrated at lofty heights: on May 31st, the Ruhr Regional Association (RVR) is organizing a dance party in the Erich Brost Pavilion. With panoramic views of the Ruhr area.

Saturday, June 1, 2024: ExtraSchicht 
This year, ExtraSchicht will take place on June 1st (not the last Saturday in June as usual) as part of Local Hero Week. As an exception, some ExtraSchicht highlights can also be admired in the outdoor area on the days before and after (from May 30th to June 2nd): for example DUNDU, the flower meadow by the Illuminist, a nostalgic carousel and the Pani projections by Leucht -Plant.

Sunday, June 2, 2024: World Heritage Day
The Local Hero Week ends on June 2nd with World Heritage Day, the open day of the German UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which this year has the motto “Discover and experience diversity”. This time, the discussion event in the round thickener of the coal washing facility is dedicated to the future of industrial culture.

Wednesday, 5th June 2024

Music event “Jamming Lounge”

Thursday, 6th June 2024

Music event “Boys of Town”

Saturday, 8th June 2024

"Summer party"

14:30-15:30 p.m. welcome

15-17 p.m. cultural picnic on the Square of Cultures

17 p.m. dance together on the square

17-19 p.m. decentralized program on small stages

Brewery seminar & picnic

Picnic

Tuesday to Sunday, 4th - 9th June 2024

Free entry to the NEW HORIZONS exhibition

Free QR code rally at Zeche Ewald

Reduced rental rates for our e-scooters

Tuesday, 4th June 2024

18 p.m. - 19 p.m. Climbing the headframe shaft VII

18:00 p.m. - 19:30 p.m. after-work Segway tour “Ewald Mine & AktivLinearPark”

Wednesday, 5th June 2024

18 p.m. - 19 p.m. Climbing the headframe shaft VII

19:00 p.m. - 20:30 p.m. Guided tour of the Ewald colliery on foot

Thursday, 6th June 2024

18 p.m. - 19 p.m. Climbing the headframe shaft VII

18:00 p.m. - 19:30 p.m. after-work Segway tour “Ewald Mine & AktivLinearPark”

Friday, 7th June 2024

18 p.m. - 19 p.m. Climbing the headframe shaft VII

19:00 p.m. - 20:30 p.m. Guided tour of the Ewald colliery on foot

Saturday, 8th June 2024

14 p.m. - 16 p.m. Public tour of the heap in a minibus

Sunday, 9th June 2024

14 p.m. - 17 p.m. Picnic event with supporting program

3 short tours (approx. 30 minutes) about the Ewald colliery

Guided bike tour to the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum / bike summer accompanied by ADFC

3 winding tower climbs (hourly)

Tuesday, 11th June 2024

Free tour of the hall/underworlds

Participation via competition

Wednesday, 12th June 2024

Free tour of the hall/underworlds

Participation via competition

Thursday, 13th June 2024

Free tour of the hall/underworlds

Participation via competition

Saturday, 15th June 2024

“Fire evening” in the pump house

25 people – eating and drinking in a relaxed atmosphere

Participants will be determined through a competition

Info to follow!

Tuesday, 2th July 2024

15:00 p.m. - 16:30 p.m. Coffee party: Lost forms

What is brass made of? Why is the shape lost when casting and what is the difference between a bell and a clamp? During the tour through the yellow foundry you will learn interesting facts about the foundry craft. Drinking coffee together afterwards is an opportunity to start a conversation.

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Wednesday, 3th July 2024

15:00 p.m. - 16:30 p.m. Coffee party: Now it's Sense!

The scythe was the most important harvesting tool for a long time. Blacksmiths used large drop hammers to shape a finished scythe from a piece of iron - in up to 32 steps! After the tour of the Hasper Sensenhammer “Suberg”, there is an opportunity to chat while drinking coffee together.

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Thursday, 4th July 2024

15:00 p.m. - 16:30 p.m. Coffee party: The eighth metal

What were trash cans, watering cans and bathtubs made of before plastics existed? Zinc! During the tour of the Hoesch zinc rolling mill you will learn interesting facts about this sought-after metal. Drinking coffee together is an opportunity to start a conversation.

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Friday, 5th July 2024

15:00 p.m. - 16:30 p.m. Coffee party: Energy path

Renewable energies in the 19th century? On our “Energy Path” you will explore the forms of energy of industrialization that went far beyond smoking chimneys and steam engines! Drinking coffee together afterwards is an opportunity to start a conversation.

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Saturday, 6th of July 2024

14 p.m. - 17 p.m. Participation offer: Pour tin

How are metal objects cast? Children aged 8 and over can try out what happens next in the brass foundry and take their own tin figure home with them.

15:00 p.m. - 16:30 p.m. Coffee party: More than just tin

What do a VW Beetle, a toaster and a fork have in common? Without fine metal sheets they would not exist in the form we know. Get to know a jewel of Westphalian industrial culture in the newly furnished museum building at the top of the Mäckingerbachtal - with exciting insights into the tradition and present of cold rolling. After the tour, there will be an opportunity to chat while drinking coffee together.

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Sunday, 7th July 2024

12 p.m. - 17 p.m. Event: Clear the way!

WE celebrate – together and inclusively. We are inaugurating our new railway and showing what a museum looks like for everyone, with a music and supporting program.

11 a.m. - 16 p.m. Demonstration: Fire, shapes and metal

Molds made from sand are filled with liquid metal. Casting demonstrations every hour on the hour. In collaboration with the metal casters from Iserlohn.

13-17 p.m. Participation offer: forging nails

With instructions, nails can be forged from red-hot iron, which can of course be taken with you.

Please wear sturdy shoes.

Info to follow!

Friday to Sunday, 19-21. July 2024

14-15 p.m. Guided tour on the topic of logistics and the steel industry

How did ore and coal get from the mines to the blast furnaces?

Saturday, 20th of July 2024

12-15 p.m. Picnic in the beer garden with live music and street food

Friday to Sunday, 19-21. July 2024

11-12 p.m. Guided tour on the topic of logistics and the steel industry

How did ore and coal get from the mines to the blast furnaces?

Sunday, 21th July 2024

12-15pm picnic

Info to follow!

Monday, 29th July 2024

Exhibition of emerging artists in Keller Maschinenhalle

Tuesday, 30th July 2024

Exhibition of emerging artists in Keller Maschinenhalle

Wednesday, 31th July 2024

Exhibition of emerging artists in Keller Maschinenhalle

Thursday, 1th August 2024

Exhibition of emerging artists in Keller Maschinenhalle

Friday, 2th August 2024

Exhibition of emerging artists in Keller Maschinenhalle

Saturday, 3th August 2024

Free admission

Picnic Route Industrial Heritage

Exhibition of emerging artists in Keller Maschinenhalle

12/14 p.m. Katharina Schäffer photo walks, 1 hour each

Sunday 4. August 2024

Exhibition of emerging artists in Keller Maschinenhalle

Monday to Friday, 5th - 11th August 2024

Demonstration of the ship's steam engine, museum tours, special themed tours

Saturday to Sunday, 10.-11. August 2024

Steampunk Jubilee – 125 years of Henrichenburg ship lift

Monday to Sunday, 12-18. August 2024

extended opening hours until 22 p.m

From 18 p.m., a discounted “Industrial Culture Evening Ticket” for a standard price of 5 euros per person is available online and at the Gasometer box office

19 p.m. free special tour on the topic of industrial culture, max. 50 people

Friday, 16th August 2024

17:30 p.m. RVR industrial culture photo walk with max. 12 people; organized and carried out by the Niederrhein Photo Academy

Monday, 19th August 2024

07:30 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Morning yoga on the Nordsternturm with VIVAWEST fitness trainer, participation free of charge, number of participants limited, registration details to follow

19:30 p.m. - 21 p.m. Sundowner on the Nordsternturm in cooperation with Heiner's, participation is subject to a fee, number of participants limited, registration details will follow

Tuesday, 20th August 2024

07:30 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Morning yoga on the Nordsternturm with VIVAWEST fitness trainer, participation free of charge, number of participants limited, registration details to follow

19:30 p.m. - 21 p.m. Sundowner on the Nordsternturm in cooperation with Heiner's, participation is subject to a fee, number of participants limited, registration details will follow

Wednesday, 21th August 2024

07:30 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Morning yoga on the Nordsternturm with VIVAWEST fitness trainer, participation free of charge, number of participants limited, registration details to follow

19:30 p.m. - 21 p.m. Sundowner on the Nordsternturm in cooperation with Heiner's, participation is subject to a fee, number of participants limited, registration details will follow

Thursday, 22th August 2024

07:30 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Morning yoga on the Nordsternturm with VIVAWEST fitness trainer, participation free of charge, number of participants limited, registration details to follow

18:00 p.m. Lecture: “The History of Nordsternpark” by Dr. Daniel Schmidt, head of the Institute for Urban History

19:30 p.m. - 21 p.m. Sundowner on the Nordsternturm in cooperation with Heiner's, participation is subject to a fee, number of participants limited, registration details will follow

Friday, 23th August 2024

07:30 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Morning yoga on the Nordsternturm with VIVAWEST fitness trainer, participation free of charge, number of participants limited, registration details to follow

Michael Turski, the last conveyor operator at the Nordstern colliery, live at his workplace on level 11 in the Nordstern tower

19:30 p.m. - 21 p.m. Sundowner on the Nordsternturm in cooperation with Heiner's, participation is subject to a fee, number of participants limited, registration details will follow

Saturday, 24th August 2024

Michael Turski, the last conveyor operator at the Nordstern colliery, live at his workplace on level 11 in the Nordstern tower

19:30 p.m. - 21 p.m. Sundowner on the Nordsternturm in cooperation with Heiner's, participation is subject to a fee, number of participants limited, registration details will follow

Sunday 25. August 2024

from 11 a.m. Citizens' brunch of the Inner Wheel Club Gelsenkirchen in cooperation with VIVAWEST

Food for a good cause. Patron Mayor Karin Welge. Registration modalities follow

11 a.m. to 17 p.m.: Opening of the tunnels

11:30 a.m. Tour: North Star History

12 p.m. Tour: New use and IGA

14 p.m. Tour: North Star History

14:30 p.m. Guided tour: New use and IGA

Michael Turski, the last conveyor operator at the Nordstern colliery, live at his workplace on level 11 in the Nordstern tower

Tuesday, 20th August 2024

17 p.m. Guided tour of the Zechenpark by Kirsten Holsteg on the topic of biodiversity, industrial nature. Meeting point at the foot of the winding tower on Quartiersplatz

limited places, register at: tourismus@kamp-lintfort.de, participation fee €5,00 per person

17 p.m. “Coal Round” bike tour

Start at 17 p.m. from the City and Mining Information Center (Friedrich-Heinrich-Allee 81, 47475 Kamp-Lintfort) (limited places, registration at: tourismus@kamp-lintfort.de) Participation fee EUR 5,00 per person

Saturday, 31th August 2024

14 p.m. - 16 p.m. Short tours of the villa and garden

Workshop for Kindergarten

16-19pm picnic

Sunday 1. September 2024

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. yoga class

15-16:30 p.m. Guided tour of the villa and garden

Tuesday to Saturday, March 3-7. September 2024

11:30 a.m. “Iron and Steel” tour

The Ruhr area is known for its industrial history, but what exactly was done at the smelter? How was iron made here? Who used to work here? There are answers on the tour around the blast furnace. Finally, we drive to the blast furnace and look over the former factory site.

Cost: 2 euros plus entrance fee

Wednesday, 4th September 2024

11 a.m. to 16 p.m. Show foundry

Forming, melting, casting, cleaning – the central work steps of casting have been available to experience in the LWL Museum Henrichshütte Hattingen since September 1997. In the Hattinger Museum of the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (LWL), the show foundry teaches museum guests the principle of molding and the fascination of casting. Experiments are carried out with aluminum in an electric melting furnace and with bronze and iron in a coke oven. Models made of wood and molds made of sand are created by hand. “At the hut” is being poured again, although no longer in tons, but only in kilograms.

The show foundry is open from 11.00 a.m. to 16.00 p.m. The first casting is around 13.00 p.m. and between 13.30:14.45 p.m. and XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. you can experience all the steps from the molding of the model to the casting.

Cost: Museum entry

19 p.m. cinema “Strajk – The Heroine of Danzig”

The hut cinema always takes place in the event hall (“Gebläsehalle”) of the museum. Films of all kinds are shown, including those that shed more light on the current exhibition topic or documentaries.

Entry to the hut cinema is free, as are drinks. The Henrichshütte support association, which organizes the hut cinema, would be very happy about a small donation!

Sunday 8. September 2024

Hut Run – Open Monument Day

On the day of the open monument, all running enthusiasts can “run” the monument in a completely new way: the runs start under the blast furnace of the LWL Museum Henrichshütte and then lead through the beautiful industrial backdrop and the Henrichspark.

There are different distances for small to large running fans.

The start and finish of the now 19th Hattinger Run is under blast furnace 3.

Participation in the Bambini run (900 meters, up to nine years old) and the AVU youth run (1300 meters, 10-13 years old) are free. Older people can walk or run a five or ten kilometer route for an entry fee of ten euros. There will also be the Sparkasse Relay Run (relays of three) and the Provincial Relay Walk (teams of two).

Saturday, 7th September 2024

Coal is a thing of the past – culture and sustainable development in the Ruhr area and the Rhenish district

Cooperation events with the Heinrich Böll Foundation NRW, the ZeitreiseStrom Museum and the LVR Industrial Museum.

The structural change regions of the Ruhr area and Rheinisches Revier should be designed and developed sustainably in the future. So far, the focus has been primarily on modern technologies, innovative companies and research, leisure and adventure landscapes from which value creation and jobs are to be created. In contrast, social and everyday issues and the role of culture in structural change are less discussed.

We ask: What contribution can culture make in regions of structural change? Can people in the Ruhr area and Rhenish district learn from each other?

Get in touch with experts:

With Prof. Stefan Berger, Institute for Social Movements, Ruhr-Uni-Bochum; Hanswalter Dobbelmann, ZeitreiseStrom and Kirsten Adamczak, Emschergenossenschaft

Sunday 8. September 2024

Open Monument Day®

Denkmale sind Zeugen vergangener Geschichten ihrer Bewohner und Erbauer. Unter dem Motto „Wahr-Zeichen. Zeitzeugen der Geschichte“ lädt der Tag des offenen Denkmals® dazu ein, sich auf Spurensuche zu begeben und Geschichte und Geschichten am Denkmal zu ermitteln. Dabei sind Wahrzeichen nicht nur berühmte Sehenswürdigkeiten und Landmarken, die für ein bedeutendes historisches Ereignis stehen oder das Stadtbild prägen. Jedes Denkmal, auch wenn es bescheidener auftritt, kann zum wichtigen Symbol, zum Zeichen eines Ortes werden. Auch bei uns steht an diesem Tag das denkmalgeschützte Umspannwerk im Mittelpunkt.

Picnic

Special tour of the industrial landscape

1928 erbaut, steht das Umspannwerk Recklinghausen inmitten einer durch die Industrialisierung vollkommen veränderten Landschaft. Diese zu erkunden ist Ziel unserer Führung. Wir starten im Museum, gehen anschließend zur Emscher und zum Stadthafen Recklinghausen und schauen uns zum Schluss die Kläranlage an der Emscher. Nach etwa 90 Minuten kehren wir zum Umspannwerk zurück.

Info to follow!

Thursday, 19th September 2024

Non-verbal leadership – special dates

Friday, 20th September 2024

Taking birthday selfies #allgoodroute

Saturday, 21th September 2024

Museum night

Sunday 22. September 2024

Make birthday muffins

Wednesday, 18th September 2024

15 p.m. and 16:30 p.m.: Public tours of “Never Seen Rooms”

Tickets over https://www.villahuegel.de/fuehrung/oeffentliche-fuehrung/ – Tickets will be activated from September 16th.

Saturday, 21th September 2024

11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 14 p.m.: Public tours of “Never Seen Rooms”

Tickets over https://www.villahuegel.de/fuehrung/oeffentliche-fuehrung/ – Tickets will be activated from September 16th.

Info to follow!

Monday, 30th September 2024

11 a.m. lecture “Tower history (s)” and panoramic wreath tour,

14 p.m. Lecture and tour of the house by the water

17 p.m. Aquarius and RWW Ruhrwasserwerk Styrum-Ost: From an industrial monument to a manufacturing company

Tuesday, 1 October 2024

11 a.m. adventure walk: industrial culture meets industrial nature

14 p.m. Aquarius: Lecture “Tower History (s)” and panoramic tour of the wreath

17 p.m. Aquarius and RWW Ruhrwasserwerk Styrum-Ost: From an industrial monument to a manufacturing company

Wednesday, 2th October 2024

11 p.m. Aquarius: Lecture “Tower History (s)” and panoramic tour of the wreath

14 p.m. Lecture and tour of the house by the water

17 p.m. Aquarius and RWW Ruhrwasserwerk Styrum-Ost: From an industrial monument to a manufacturing company

Thursday, 3th October 2024

11 a.m. adventure walk: industrial culture meets industrial nature

11 a.m. lecture “Tower history (s)” and panoramic wreath tour

14 p.m. Exclusive insights from the perspective of the (former) museum management, architect

17 p.m. Aquarius and RWW Ruhrwasserwerk Styrum-Ost: From an industrial monument to a manufacturing company

Friday, 4th October 2024

11 a.m. lecture “Tower history (s)” and panoramic wreath tour

14 p.m. Exclusive insights from the perspective of the (former) museum management, architect

17 p.m. Aquarius and RWW Ruhrwasserwerk Styrum-Ost: From an industrial monument to a manufacturing company

Saturday, 5th October 2024

11 a.m. bike tour: History and present of the Ruhr

14 a.m. lecture “Tower history (s)” and panoramic wreath tour

17 p.m. Aquarius and RWW Ruhrwasserwerk Styrum-Ost: From an industrial monument to a manufacturing company

Sunday, 6th October 2024

11 a.m. bike tour: History and present of the Ruhr

14 a.m. lecture “Tower history (s)” and panoramic wreath tour

17 p.m. Aquarius and RWW Ruhrwasserwerk Styrum-Ost: From an industrial monument to a manufacturing company

Entrance fee: €2,50

Offers: free with registration, max. 15 people

LWL Museum Nightingale colliery

Tuesday, 1 October 2024

11 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

13 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

15 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

16:30 p.m. guided tour of the tunnel

Wednesday, 2th October 2024

11 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

13 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

15 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

16:30 p.m. guided tour of the tunnel

Thursday, 3th October 2024

Mouse door opener tag. Large family celebration, free entry

11 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

13 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

15 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

16:30 p.m. guided tour of the tunnel

Friday, 4th October 2024

11 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

13 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

15 a.m. guided tour of the tunnel

16:30 p.m. guided tour of the tunnel

19:00 p.m. Nightingale and Bat – Night Safari in the Industrial Museum.

Evening excursion to the industrial museum for adults and children aged 10 and over. Duration: 1,5 hours. Cost: €2 plus entry, registration required

Saturday, 5th October 2024

Tunnel tours: every hour from 10.30:16.30 a.m. to 16.30:XNUMX p.m. (last tour begins at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.)

15 p.m. – 17 p.m. Big mine tour

Guided tour of the Nachtigall and Dünkelberg tunnels for adults and children aged 10 and over, 6 euros plus entry, registration required

Sunday, 6th October 2024

Tunnel tours: every hour from 10.30:16.30 a.m. to 16.30:XNUMX p.m. (last tour begins at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.)

15 p.m. Naturally Nachtigall – industrial nature at the Nachtigall mine

“Sycamore maple and mountain ash – trees in the industrial museum” Natural history excursion for adults and children aged 10 and over, duration: 90 minutes, €2 plus entry

Birthday picnic – 3 hour picnic, on the picnic lawn or, depending on the weather, under the roof under the ring oven

Wednesday, 9th October 2024

14:30 p.m. Coffee chat with the hut director

The hut director introduces his guests to the St. Antony hut and then invites them to a coffee chat.

From 6 to max. 15 people

Price: €10 including coffee and pastries

Registration via kulturinfo rheinland: Tel. 02234-9921-555 or info@kulturinfo-rheinland.de

Friday, 11th October 2024

19 p.m. Best of Salon Evening

During a reading with music, the hut director chats about the St. Antony hut and about life and everyday life in his time. And of course, guests are served a small refreshment with sparkling wine, coffee and pastries.

From 6 to max. 18 people

Price: €15 including drinks and pastries

Registration via kulturinfo rheinland: Tel. 02234-9921-555 or info@kulturinfo-rheinland.de

Sunday, 13th October 2024

11 a.m. to 17 p.m. Historical St. Antony Festival

There's a celebration at the St. Antony Hut! A colorful program awaits guests young and old around the cradle of the Ruhr industry.

Eintritt frei

Info to follow!

Special tours through the Marl Chemical Park.

Further information will follow.