Events
The industrial culture route and its locations offer a wide range of events on the subject of industrial culture and much more. In the heart of the Ruhr area, there are guided tours and exhibitions on the history of coal, coke and steel, as well as dance, music and art in front of a fascinating, historical industrial backdrop.
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Planet Ocean: From the Coasts to the Deep Sea
A former miner shows his mine The special features of what was once the largest mine in the world, combined with personal experiences and lively anecdotes - this is what you will experience when you accompany a former miner on his “late shift”.
Whistles, chirps, hoots Morning hour has gold in its beak. This is the motto of songbirds, because - whether blackbirds, robins or black redstarts - they chirp loudest at daybreak, and in their own melody.
Activate your senses! In the Phenomania experience field you can experience weightlessness, look into infinity and let the ground be pulled out from under your feet. At over 120 experimental stations on 1.200m² indoors and another 3.500m² outdoors, you can explore your senses and rediscover your environment.
Sun + outside = kick it! The combination of football (soccer) and golf offers all sports-loving Zollverein fans the perfect opportunity to discover the diversity of the world heritage while playing in the open air.
Teamwork for children aged 5 and over and their families The hands-on activity at Zollverein Schacht 1/2/8 is full of lots of varied activities. Families with children aged 5 to 12 get to know the work processes in a mine in an active and playful way.
The path of coal in the mine On this tour you will get to know the surface facilities of Zollverein Shaft XII and the production processes of what was once the largest and most efficient hard coal mine in the world.
English guided tour About coal and miners – from the impressive architecture at Zollverein to the state-of-the-art techniques and the miners' work.
Evening tour of the mine and coking plant A highlight in many ways: At the end of this evening tour, enjoy the atmospheric atmosphere on the roof of the mixing plant with a view of the impressive coking plant.
What makes good design? The 30-minute exploration tour through the world's largest exhibition of contemporary design trains your eye for good design and provides information about the fascinating architecture of the house.
Together with the Essen Ruhr Museum, the LVR Industrial Museum in the St. Antony Hut presents selected photographs from the two large image archives in the Ruhr area, which provide an insight into the diverse lives of children in the region around Oberhausen in the first half of the 20th century give.
Special exhibition in the Red Dot Design Museum The exhibition in the White Hall of the Red Dot Design Museum presents the best products of the year: all awarded the “Red Dot: Best of the Best” for the highest design quality and groundbreaking design in their respective categories.
Special exhibition in the Red Dot Design Museum With around 1.000 exhibits from a wide range of areas of life, the special exhibition on over five floors provides information about current trends and developments in product design.
Career Information Fair Ruhr (BIM) 2024 - The fair for training and study in the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum
On tour with a real buddy for children aged 6 to 12. A real buddy takes children aged 6 to 12 on a tour of his pütt. There they find out how he and his buddies used to work, listen to the sounds of a rope ride, look at real miner's lamps and find out why safety has always been the top priority in mining.
Guided tour of the history of art at Zollverein During the art walk through the mine you will gain insight into the history of art at Zollverein, which began with the closure of the mine. Which workshops were and are located at Zollverein, which creative people settled?
Guided tour for amateur photographers through the colliery Explore the vast areas of the UNESCO World Heritage Site with your camera: Accompanied by local guides, you go off the beaten path in search of motifs in the original historic areas of the colliery.
Publieke rondleiding in the Nederlands Naast de indrukwekkende architectuur kunnen de bezoekers het werk en de techniek van de “mooiste” en ooit largest mijn van de world leren get to know.
Colorful flowers, wild bees What a splendor of colors! In June, the wild plants around the colliery and coking plant seem to be blooming with each other and it's not just the walkers in Zollverein Park who are delighted...
Listen, tell, exchange ideas “Auf ein Çay” is the name of the series of discussions at Zollverein, where people from the neighborhood and beyond meet for a storytelling café. And everyone can have a say.
Ruhr area morning pint presenter Peter Großmann invites you to a Sunday talk at the “most beautiful mine in the world”. His guests in June are none other than soccer world champion and Schalke legend Olaf Thon and musical cabaret Matthias Reuter. The band “Easy!” provides musical variety with rock classics in a bar jazz style.
The path of coal in the mine On this tour you will get to know the surface facilities of Zollverein Shaft XII and the production processes of what was once the largest and most efficient hard coal mine in the world.
Combined tour through the Ruhr Museum and the Zollverein site. Are disused mines dreary and gray? Not even close! Remote dumps, old fire pits and rusty pipelines are an ideal habitat for many plants and animals. With the guided walk “Green Tracks” you will get an overview of the species that would not live here without industrial wasteland. A discovery tour of diversity – on the World Heritage site and in the Ruhr Museum.
Special exhibition in the Red Dot Design Museum With a selection of the brands and projects awarded as part of the “Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2023”, the special exhibition in the Red Dot Design Museum offers an overview of the state-of-the-art of international communication design.
2.000 design objects you can touch Making good design tangible and the quality of everyday objects understandable – that is the task of the Red Dot Design Museum. With around 2.000 exhibits, the presentation covers the entire range of current product design.
Guided tour of the coal washing plant On this tour you will get to know the original facilities of what was once the largest building in the Zollverein colliery and the second part of the coal route.
Light and space The work by the German-American artist Maria Nordman, embedded in the passage of the former boiler ash bunker, is made up of two rooms. Each one offers visitors unusual perspectives and inspiration.
Guided tour on the path of the coal and through the Ruhr Museum On a double shift in the former coal wash: The largest building in the Zollverein colliery, the coal wash, is now a central place for the history of the Ruhr area. In addition to the original above-ground facilities of the Zollverein Monument Trail, it is home to the Ruhr Museum, the regional museum of the Ruhr area.
Creative workshop in Hall 10 Whether acrylic paint, charcoal pencils or pastels – creativity is in demand in the Kunstkaue at Zollverein. Together with course leader Lavin, young people aged 13 and over can try out various materials, painting and design techniques. It is drawn, painted and sculpted.
