Hüttenmuseum Thale
Museum on the industrial history of the Thale ironworks from 1686 to 1990 – featuring the preserved rolling-mill steam engine No. 7 from 1911.
Om museet
The Hüttenmuseum Thale (ironworks museum) was established in 1986 for the 300th anniversary of the ironworks. It is housed in the former residence of the ironworks owner Bennighaus and is now run by the Geschichts- und Hüttenmuseumsverein Thale am Harz e. V. (history and ironworks museum association).
The exhibition traces the development from a small sheet-metal works in 1686 to a large operation with a steelworks, rolling mills, a stamping and enameling plant, container and apparatus construction, and powder metallurgy. Models of a bloomery furnace, blast furnace, and finery forge explain smelting. It also tells how Europe's first tableware enameling plant was established in Thale in 1835 and how around 1900 the works met a considerable share of the world's demand for enameled tableware. Further chapters are devoted to the railway connection, armaments production, and the periods as a Soviet joint-stock company and as a state-owned enterprise (Volkseigener Betrieb).
Since 1995 the museum has also shown environmental history: the pollution of air, water, and soil through centuries of metallurgy and, since 2000, the remediation of industrial legacy sites. A special showpiece is tandem steam engine No. 7, built in Aschersleben in 1911, with 1,500 horsepower, which was in operation until the blooming mill was shut down in 1990. It was restored from 2000 to 2008 and has been open to visitors from April to October since 2009.
Højdepunkter
- Steam engine No. 7 from 1911 at its original location
- Models on iron smelting from the bloomery furnace to the blast furnace
- Products of the "Löwen-Email" from the Thale enameling plant
- Section on the environmental history of the industrial site
- Audio guide with 24 listening stations in German and English
Permanente udstillinger
- Auf den Spuren des Eisens – Industriegeschichte des Eisenhüttenwerks Thale – Models, products, and documents show the path from the sheet-metal works of 1686 to the large-scale operation of the 20th century. One section is devoted to the environmental consequences and the remediation of legacy contamination.
- Dampfmaschine Nr. 7 – The 1,500-horsepower rolling-mill steam engine from 1911 drove the blooming mill until 1990. Can be seen on tours from April to October.
- Grundlagt
- 1986
- Ejer
- Geschichts- und Hüttenmuseumsverein Thale am Harz e. V.
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 5 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 4 €Residents of Thale, students, unemployed people, social assistance recipients, people with severe disabilities, retirees, spa card holders |
| Børn og unge | 2 €gratis til og med 10 år · Schoolchildren and children aged 11 and over |
| Pensionister | 4 €Retirees |
| Personer med handicap | 4 €People with severe disabilities |
| Studerende og elever | 4 € |
| Grupper (fra 20 pers.) | 3 € pr. personPer person |
| Guided tour of museum and steam engine (adults) | 7 €Public, Wednesdays and Saturdays 14:00, April–October |
| Guided tour of steam engine only (adults) | 6 €April–October |
| Guided tour of museum and steam engine (schoolchildren/children aged 11 and over) | 3 € |
| Guided tour of steam engine only (schoolchildren/children aged 11 and over) | 2 € |
| Group tour of the museum, 8 or more people | 6 €Per person, by advance registration only |
| Group tour of the museum, 20 or more people | 5 €Per person, by advance registration only |
| Special exhibition only | 2 € |
Members of the museum association have free admission. Schoolchildren and children aged 11 and over pay €3 in a group for the museum and tour. Cashless payment possible.
Tilgængelighed
- Delvis kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator: ingen oplysninger
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
According to the tourism portal, partially accessible; ask the museum for details.
Børn og familie
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 10 år |
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- Interaktive stationer
Children up to age 10 have free admission. In the exhibition, models can be operated; there are smell and touch samples.
Transport & parkering
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Service & spisesteder
- Museumsbutik
Arrangementer & udlejning
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Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 1,5 t. |
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| Audioguide | ja (DE, EN) |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Free audio guide via QR codes and your own smartphone (24 listening stations, no app). Group tours for 8 or more people by advance registration. Museum education offerings, e.g., an age-appropriate tour (about 60 minutes), project days on the steam engine and on enameling, and special tours on steel production and environmental history. The steam engine only runs at outdoor temperatures of 8 °C or higher. |
