Technology Museums

red dot design museum at Design Centre North Rhine Westphalia

Gelsenkirchener Straße 181
D-45309 Essen (Essen-Katernberg)
former boiler house of Zeche Zollverein Schacht XII

Tel.: +49 / 201 / 30 10 40
Fax: +49 / 201 / 30 10 440
WWW: www.design-germany.de/
E-Mail: info@dznrw.com

Ticket prices
€ 5.00 for adults
€ 3.00 for pupils, students, community service participants, persons on social security benefits, unemployed, disabled persons
€ 15.00 family ticket (2 adults and 2 children)
For special exhibitions, other ticket prices apply.
Guided tours (by prior arrangement)
General guided tour € 50.00
Themed guided tour € 65.00

Opening hours
Tuesday to Thursday between 11 a.m. and 6.00 p.m.
Friday to Sunday and public holiday between 11a.m. and 8.00 p.m
Public transport from main station
Tram line 107 to tram stop Zollverein
Design Center NRW
Hespertalbahn

Zeche Zollverein

Museums
City map view

Photo-Museum e.V. Burg Horst

Haus Horst 1
45279 Essen (Steele-Horst)

Tel.: +49/201/53 85 90 and +49/2325/7 50 47

Opening hours
by prior arrangement
Public transport from main station
S 1, S 3, local train N 9
to "S-Bahn" station Steele then take bus 184 to Carl-Wolf-Straße
Foto-Museum e.V. Burg Horst
City map view

Gaseum (Ruhrgas AG)

Huttropstr. 60
45138 Essen (Huttrop)

Tel.: +49/201/184-4291 and 184-2029
Fax: +49/201/184-4393

Ticket prices
Admission free
Opening hours
daily, outside Ruhrgas AG working hours 
by prior arrangement
Public transport from main station
Express bus SB 156 to Huttropstraße
City map view

Museum train Hespertalbahn

Verein zur Erhaltung der Hespertalbahn
(Society of the Preservation of the Hespertal Railway)
Postfach 15 02 23
45242 Essen (Kupferdreh)

Tel./fax: +49/201/64 43 82
Email: office@hespertalbahn.de
WWW: http://www.hespertalbahn.de/

Tickets

Ticket prices for a single journey:
Adults € 2.00
Children € 1.50

Return journey:
Adults € 3.00
Children € 2.00
Family ticket (2 children min.) € 8.50

Special trips are possible on request, also on weekdays.

Timetable
May to October and in December (Nikolaus trips) on request
between 10.30 am and 6.30 pm,
special journeys all year by prior agreement
Public transport from main station
RB 49 or with bus line 155 to Kupferdreh station
Museumszug Hespertalbahn
City map view

Villa Hügel

Hügel 15
45133 Essen (Bredeney)

Tel.: +49/201/61 62 90
Fax: +49/201/61 62 911
Email: office@villahuegel.de
WWW: http://www.villahuegel.de/

Ticket prices
Permanent exhibitions € 1.00
Opening hours
of the main building and the permanent exhibitions in the annexe:
Tuesday to Sunday
between 10.00 am and 6.00 pm
Hügelpark:
daily from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
Opening hours and ticket prices for special 
exhibitions available on request.
Public transport from main station
S 6 to "S-Bahn" station Hügel
City map view
Zeche Zollverein Schacht XII

Museum Zeche Zollverein

Zeche Zollverein Schacht XII
Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen
Info tel.: +49/201/30 20-133
WWW: http://www.zollverein.de/
Opening hours
Currently, the museum can only be visited by guided tours. Open guided tours (participation without prior application) take place daily. Following prior application, guided tours can be arranged at any time for special visitor groups.
Public transport from the main station
Tram line 107 to "Zollverein"
stop 
City map view

Visitor centre - industrial culture route

Hall 2
Gelsenkirchener Str. 181
45309 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/30 20 133 (Zollverein, tours)
Tel.: +49/201/37 19 125 (KVR)
Tel.: +49/180/400 00 86 (Industrial culture route)
Fax: +49/201/37 19 126

The visitor centre - first port of call for tourists and day trippers alike - is accommodated in the former transformer shop within the switching house of Zeche Zollverein XII. It is operated by the Kommunalverband Ruhrgebiet (KVR) in cooperation with the Zollverein Foundation.
Opening hours
1 Apr. to 31 Oct.: 10.00 am - 7.00 pm
1 Nov. to 31 Mar.: 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
Public transport from main station
Tram line 107 to Zollverein
tram stop

Bürgerbegegnungszentrum
Zeche Zollverein, Halle 12
Tel.: +49/201/85 60 165 or 85 60 166


Geschichtswerkstatt Zollverein
(Zollverein History Workshop)

The Geschichtswerkstatt Zollverein meets every Thursday from 10.00 am - 12.00 pm in Hall 2, Ground Floor.
Information: Tel. +49/201/83 03 615


Verkehrsverein Kulturlandschaft Zollverein

Lauenbüschken 22, 45141 Essen
This tourist information association has given itself the task of utilizing the supra-regional significance enjoyed by "Zollverein" due to the widely known industrial monument "Schacht XII"  for the Essen city districts.
Information: Tel. +49/201/32 44 55


Event location Zollverein

Some halls and rooms in the industrial monument can be used for events - e.g. conferences, congresses, trade fairs, cultural events, company events, parties, etc.
Information: Tel.: +49/201/83 03 60, 85 60 165 or 85 60 166

The other mine workings

  • Zollverein Shaft 1/2
City map view

Kunstschacht Zollverein
Bullmannaue 21, 45327 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/30 48 81 (Thomas Rother)

Choreographic Center NRW
(Large wash house)
Bullmannaue 20, 45327 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/30 25 23
more ...

Keramische Werkstatt Margarethenhöhe GmbH
Bullmannaue 19, 45327 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/30 50 80

Asienhaus
Bullmannaue 11, 45327 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/83 03 838
more ...

Zeitsprung - Exkursionen und Veranstaltungen im Ruhrgebiet
("Time Jump - Excursions and Events in the Ruhr District)
Bullmannaue 11, 45327 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/58 00 871

Z_Punkt, Büro für Zukunftsgestaltung
(Bureau for shaping the future...)
Bullmannaue 11, 45327 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/30 20 185

  • Zollverein Shaft 3/7/10
City map view

"Erfahrungsfeld zur Entfaltung der Sinne"
("Field of experience for the development of the senses")
Permanent exhibition (acc. to Hugo Kükelhaus)
Am Handwerkerpark 8-10, 45309 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/30 10 30
More ...

Bicycle station
Bicycle hire and services
Am Handwerkerpark 7, 45309 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/30 20 366

  • Zollverein Shaft 4/11
City map view
Zukunfts-Zentrum-Zollverein
Aktiengesellschaft zur Förderung von Existenzgründungen - Triple Z
(Business start-up promotion company)
Katernberger Str. 107, 45327 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/88 72 100
City map view
  • Coking Plant Zollverein
Home of the " Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur" ("Foundation for the care of industrial monuments and the cultivation of history") 
Arendahls Wiese, 45141 Essen
Information: Tel. +49/231/93 11 22-50