LWL-Museum Zeche Zollern

Grubenweg 5, 44388 Dortmund, Germany

Visit the area:

LWL-Museen

How to find us:

Street
Grubenweg 5
Zip, City
44388 Dortmund
Country
Germany
Phone
0231 6961-211
Web
https://zeche-zollern.lwl.org
Email
zeche-zollern@lwl.org
Opening times
Mon: closed
Tue: 10:00 – 18:00
Wed: 10:00 – 18:00
Thu: 10:00 – 18:00
Fri: 10:00 – 18:00
Sat: 10:00 – 18:00
Sun: 10:00 – 18:00

Description

An Icon of industrial heritage

Come discover the “fairest of them all.” Dortmund’s Zeche Zollern Colliery ranks among the most beautiful testaments to Germany’s industrial past. Built from 1898 to 1904, the stained-glass Art Nouveau entrance to the engine house is an industrial heritage icon. In the 1960s, as industrial buildings were being recognised as historic landmarks, this building saved the entire complex from demolition. Marvel at the architecture of open cast facilities, climb the pithead frame, see behind magnificent brickwork façades and dive into the underground world of miners. 

Place on the map

Accessibility

Entrances and paths to the building


  • Access with ramp
  • Guidance system for visually impaired people, Tactile / acoustic map
  • Entrance soil indicators

Lifts in the building


  • Access stairless
  • Access with ramp
  • Elevator with tactile font / announcement

Others


  • Disabled toilet

Labeling of the exhibition


  • Labeling in pictograms
  • Inscription in braille
  • Acoustically accessible exhibition objects
  • Tactile accessible exhibition objects

Guided tours to permanent and special exhibitions


  • Tactile / audio tours
  • Guided tours in sign language
  • Tactile flooring system

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