Aquarius Water Museum

The award-winning Aquarius Water Museum combines modern media technology and historical architecture to create an extraordinary museum experience all about the liquid element. Water was an indispensable raw material for the heavy industry in the Ruhr area: Aquarius provides an overview of the central role played by water supply in the course of industrialization. Here, modern media technology and historical architecture combine to form an extraordinary museum experience. Built on behalf of August Thyssen, the water tower in the Styrum district inspires with multimedia water worlds and also takes up global topics such as climate and water protection. A real experience: the ride in the glass elevator through the water tank, which once held 500.000 liters of water.

"Steirhem" - the place where bulls are sold: The royal estate of Styrum with its Ruhr meadows was already known under this name around 800 years ago. When the demand for coal and steel increased in the region, Styrum was also affected by this development. The young entrepreneur August Thyssen recognized the advantages of the small mayor's office, which had a train station but little industry. In 1871 the limited partnership "Thyssen und Compagnie, Styrum" started production in an iron rolling mill. However, the waterworks of the city of Mülheim could not cover the industrial demand for long. In 1893, August Thyssen therefore had a water tower built in Styrum, which soon supplied not only the works but also the actual community.

As early as 1897, water pipes led from Mülheim to the Graf Moltke colliery in Gladbeck and to the Union of German Emperors near Duisburg. The growing pipeline systems were a real source of money for the Thyssen tube factory. In 1912 he finally sold the Styrum waterworks to the Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft (RWW). Until 1982, the tower supplied, among other things, the Mannesmann tube works, which have been producing on the former rolling mill site since 1970.

After the water tower was taken out of service in 1982, RWW opened the Aquarius Water Museum ten years later. On 14 levels, 30 stations make it possible to experience the world of water with a chip card. With your own smartphone, current topics such as climate and water protection can be discovered in an entertaining way at the water chat. Located directly on the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path, the 50 meter high tower offers the perfect opportunity for a wonderful panoramic view of the region.

Audioguides

Burgstrasse 70
45476 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Phone: +0208 / 443 33 90
eMail: aquarius@rww.de
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Closed: Monday

Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 a.m. to 18.00 p.m. - last admission at 17.00 p.m

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adults 4.00 EUR, children, reduced, groups 3.00 EUR, families 12,00 EUR

Adult:
5,00 €

Children:
3,00 €

Familys:
13,00 €

Reduced price:
3,00 €

School classes (group rate, per person):
2,00 €

Other groups (per person):
4,00 €

Visit observation tower (adults):
2,50 €

Visit observation tower (children):
1,50 €

Car parking spaces available

Bus stop available

Bad weather offer

for any weather

for groups

for school classes

for families

for individual guests

suitable for seniors

for children (3-6 years)

for children (6-10 years)

for children (from 10 years)