Deutsches Bergbau Museum

German Mining Museum

Useful Information

Location:	Am Bergbaumuseum 28, 44791 Bochum. Europaplatz (formerly Wielandstraße), Bochum. Underground station Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, line U 35, from Bochum Hauptbahnhof in the direction of Herne. (51.488836, 7.216634)
Open:	All year Tue-Sun 9:30-17:30. Closed 01-JAN, 01-MAY, 24-DEC, 26-DEC, 31-DEC. [2022]
Fee:	Adults EUR 10, Children (6-17) EUR 5, Children (0-5) free, Students EUR 5, Apprentices EUR 5, Unemployed EUR 5, Disabled EUR 5, Families (2+4) EUR 22. [2022]
Classification:	Mining Museum
Light:	Incandescent Electric Light System
Dimension:	Ar=12.000 m².
Guided tours:	nein. Audioguides per App.
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	yes
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Address:	Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Am Bergbaumuseum 28, 44791 Bochum, Tel: +49-234-5877-0, Fax: +49-234-5877-11. Besucherservice, Tel: +49-234-5877-126. E-mail:
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History

1930	founded.
1969	Bergbau-Archiv (mining archive) founded.

Description

The Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (German Mining Museum) describes itself, certainly rightly, as the most important mining museum in the world. On three floors and in 20 departments, visitors are given a comprehensive impression of the development of mining from its earliest beginnings. A museum in which you can easily spend a whole day.

A so-called Anschauungsbergwerk (demonstration mine), an artificial mine with a 2.5 km long network of roadways, offers an insight into coal and iron mines that one could never gain in such abundance in real mines. And although you are aware of the fact that this mine is artificial, within a short time you have the impression of being far underground in a real mine. Furthermore, there is a Seilfahrtsimulator (mine elevator simulator), i.e. a mine lift.

The main themes of the museum are:

energy supply
dewatering
mining techniques
shaft sinking
minerals and deposits
lighting
women and mining
surveying
occupational safety
raw material refinement
prehistoric flint mining

The museum offers four different guided tours through the permanent exhibition with the topics Hard Coal, Mining, Mineral Resources and Art. The museum also has a Forschungslabor (Research Laboratory) and the Montanhistorisches Dokumentationszentrum (Mining History Document Centre). There is also a museum shop and a restaurant called Kumpels (Miners).