Ruhr Museum

The Ruhr Museum, formerly the Ruhrland Museum, is a diverse natural history and cultural history museum for the Ruhrgebiet in , . The sponsor is the Stiftung Ruhr Museum. The director since 2012 is the historian Heinrich Theodor Grütter.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    December 24th—25: closed
    December 31st: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Germany
  • Address: Gelsenkirchener Straße 181, Essen, 45309
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex and Red Dot Design Museum.

Park
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The is a large former industrial site in the city of , , . The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, and mining activities took place from 1851 until 23 December 1986. is situated 330 metres northwest of Ruhr Museum.

Museum
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is situated 290 metres northeast of Ruhr Museum.

Arts center
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is an arts center, which is situated 1 km northeast of Ruhr Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pestalozzidorf „Im Grund“ and Kolonie Hegemannshof.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
is a northern borough of the city of , . Officially it is divided into the two boroughs of Altenessen-Nord and Altenessen-Süd. Because of its size, was divided into two parts, when it was incorporated into the city of Essen in 1915.

Ruhr Museum

Latitude
51.48586° or 51° 29′ 9″ north
Longitude
7.04219° or 7° 2′ 32″ east
Open location code
9F39F2PR+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 621131210
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2175050
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Italian—“Ruhr Museum” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include RUHR.VISITORCENTER Essen / Besucherzentrum Ruhr and Gleisharfe (Süd).

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