Ruhr Museum

The atmosphere there is really unique, as all the exhibitions take place in a former factory but with a modern inside design. It is free for students and one can spend 2-3 hours easily, learning a lot about the region history AND nature !

Highly recommend it, especially as the city itself is not that great.

Very cool! Check.out the shops as well.

If you only plan to go to one museum in Germany, THIS IS THE ONE. Very inspiring narrative. From pre-history, to history, to industrialisation, to change in people’s life and deterioration of environment, to transformation and recovery, the museum tells the entire story of the famous region - its birth, its development, its glory, its sorrow, its rebirth.

A wonderful experience and a huge museum. It took us around 4 hours and maybe would’ve stayed more if we went slower. Don’t forget to visit the panoramic observation deck located at the top by the end of your visit!

Worthy to visit to understand the Ruhr region. Great panoramic views in its rooftop terrace.

Worth the journey. It, was the biggest site in Europe. A fantastic exhibition showing the influence on society as the industrial revolution developed within the Ruhr area . We spent almost 4 hours.

Fantastic to see and with the christmas sound of the trumpeteer it was even more beautiful.

Highly recommended. The entire compound was impressive. Great exhibitions about the history of the museum and the area.

Great museum, it has a lot of history of the development of the North Ruhr Westphalia specially the ruhr area. It has also an area for kids.

Great place to visit, the tour guide was very helpful and friendly as well as knowledgeable.

One of the finest mining museums in Germany with a lot of history😃

This museum is huge!! Huge territory and you can walk everywhere. It’s not that crowded, and a lot of compositions. Absolutely recommend!

I like mining history and this is a good place in a historic mining region. They have larger escalator in Germany!

It was free for students

Love to adventure and learn about history,this place i rekomen for u all ♥🧸🇩🇪🇩🇪

Fantastic museum looking into the historic coal mining industry in the Ruhr and it's effects on urban history in general, and the regions history in Germany.

Interesting and beautiful place!

Knowledgeable guide, insightful tour, very nice museum!

Must visit place of you are interested in Industrial and post industrial places

Very good museum. Industrial timeline and history of the Ruhr, going back 300 million years ago. Only went through the main museum building which took about 6 hours (went very slowly reading most of the descriptions of what was displayed).
There is a Café inside and a restaurant in another building in the area.
From Essen HBF, take the 107 Tram for 3,10€ per adult. Stop at Kapitelweise then walk to the museum.