General Information
Address
LWL-Museum Zeche Zollern
Grubenweg 5
Navigation / Parkplatz: Rhader Weg 5
44388 Dortmund
Tel: 0231 6961-211
Opening Hours
Tuesday – Sunday and public holidays 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (shop opens at 11 a.m.)
Last admission at 5.30 p.m.
Closed: Mondays (except public holidays)
and between Christmas and New Year
Tickets & Prices
Adults: €8
Adults in groups of 16 or more: €7
Reduced: €4*
Children and youth (17 & under): Free
Pupils in school groups: Free
Restaurant visit only: €1**
LWL-Museum Card
Annual admission pass to the 31 museums of the LWL and LVR:
- Me and you ticket (two adults): €70
- Individual ticket: €50
- Discounted individual ticket (students, apprentices, volunteers): €15
- You can purchase vouchers for visits to the LWL museums of industrial culture and the LWL-Museum Card at our ticket office
Free Admission
LWL-MuseumsCard, LVR-Museumskarte, Deutscher Museumsbund, ICOM, RuhrtopCard (one-time)
* The discounted rate applies to current recipients of Social Security benefits II and XII, students under 30 years-old, apprentices, volunteers, people with a disability rating greater than or equal to 50, and NRW Volunteer Card holders.
** During the day, the Pferdestall restaurant is only open to museum visitors who pay full admission. If you reserve by the day before, admission to the restaurant costs 1 Euro (without a museum visit).
Restaurants
The Pferdestall restaurant, with beer garden and function room for up to 110 people, offers Westphalian specialities and international cuisine.
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday: 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Closed on Mondays
Wednesdays from 1 p.m. Reibeplätzchentag (potato pancake day)
Reservations and information by tel. 0231 6903236 and at www.restaurantpferdestall.de
Information for visitors:
During the day, the restaurant serves museum guests. Even if you only want to visit the restaurant, you must pay the museum admission fee. Guests who wish to only visit the restaurant should reserve a table at least one day in advance by calling 0231 6903236. With prior reservation, admission to the restaurant costs 1 Euro per person (without a museum visit).
The restaurant is open to the public after 6 p.m.
Arriving by car
For navigation, please input ‘Rhader Weg 5’ (car park).
A 40 Dortmund - Essen, take exit Dortmund-Lütgendortmund / B 235, then follow the signs.
A 42 Dortmund - Oberhausen, take exit Castrop-Rauxel, then follow the B 235 and signs.
A 45 Dortmund - Frankfurt, exit at Dortmund-Marten, then take the motorway feeder road towards Dortmund-Marten and follow the signs.
Arriving by bus and train
Disembark at the ‘Industriemuseum Zollern’ stop on bus line 462 (take underground line 47 to the Dortmund-Huckarde bus station, then bus 462 towards Dortmund-Marten to the ‘Industriemuseum Zollern’ stop)
or
Disembark at the ‘Bövinghauser Straße’ stop on bus line 378 (take S-Bahn line 1 to Bochum-Langendreer station or S-Bahn line 4 to Dortmund-Lütgendortmund station, then take bus line 378 towards Castrop-Rauxel to the stop ‘Bövinghauser Straße’; then walk approx. 1 km or take bus line 462 towards Huckarde and exit at the ‘Industriemuseum Zollern’ stop).
or
Take railway line RB 43 (‘Emschertal-Bahn’) towards Dortmund-Dorsten to ‘Dortmund-Bövinghausen’ station; From there, it is a ten-minute walk (exit the platform heading towards the railway bridge, turn right onto Merklinder Straße, then, after10 metres, head diagonally left through the residential area: Plutostraße, Jupiterstraße, cross over Rhader Weg diagonally left towards Grubenweg).
Arriving by bicycle
radrevier.ruhr
The Zollern Colliery is junction no. 59 on the radrevier.ruhr.
Ruhr Tourism offers regional bundled tours, routes and cycling options under this umbrella brand.
The ‘Black Gold’ regional route starts at the Zollern Colliery:
Black gold – Discovering the history of coal
Distance: 41 kilometres
Journey of discovery
Take your dog to the museum
Dogs are allowed on the outdoor grounds on a leash – excluding the playground area.
Only guide dogs and assistance dogs are allowed inside the buildings.
Photography in the museum
We would be delighted if you took photos during your visit. Share your pictures on social media using #industriekultur and #zechezollern.
Prior consent must be obtained for commercial photography.
Shopping at the museum
The museum shop sells books, Ruhr region souvenirs, toys and products from the LWL Museums of Industrial Heritage, such as miner’s towels and glassware.
Open Tuesday 12 noon–6 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday 11 a.m.–6 p.m., tel. 0231 6961-202.
