Museum Industriekultur Osnabrück

Over het museum

The museum is located on the Piesberg in Osnabrück, on the site of a coal mine that closed in 1898 after its salty mine water had heavily polluted the Hase River. The Haseschacht building, a round-arched structure from 1871, is now the museum's main building; the former wash house from 1893 serves as the storage building for special exhibitions and administration.

The museum opened in 1994 under municipal management and has been run since 1998 as a nonprofit limited company (gGmbH), majority-owned by Sparkasse Osnabrück with the city as a shareholder. Starting in 1997, the museum had the Hase Tunnel, built between 1853 and 1856, uncovered; as part of an Expo 2000 project, around 300 meters of the tunnel were made accessible. A glass elevator takes visitors down 30 meters. In winter, bats use the tunnel as a roost. In 2022, the museum received the museum quality seal of the Museumsverband Niedersachsen und Bremen (museum association of Lower Saxony and Bremen).

The interactive permanent exhibition "Mensch – Natur – Wirtschaft" (People – Nature – Economy) shows how the region's natural conditions shaped its economy and how the economy, in turn, changed the landscape. Historical objects, hands-on stations, and a dedicated children's trail convey work and everyday life in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Two historic steam engines are regularly put into operation.

Hoogtepunten

• Ride the glass elevator 30 meters down into the walkable Hase Tunnel
• Historic steam engines that are regularly operated
• Haseschacht building from 1871 on the grounds of the former Piesberg mine
• Interactive permanent exhibition with a children's trail
• Location in the Piesberg culture and landscape park with a playground and beer garden

Vaste collectie

• Mensch – Natur – Wirtschaft – Interactive permanent exhibition in the Haseschacht building about industrialization, mining, and the economy of the Osnabrück region, with steam engines and a children's trail.
• Hasestollen – Around 300 meters of walkable tunnel from the 1850s, reached by glass elevator, where visitors can get a sense of work underground.

Opgericht

1994

Beheerder

Museum Industriekultur Osnabrück gGmbH

Directie

Vera Hierholzer

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Special exhibitions in the storage building cost €7.50 each (reduced €5). Prices for guided tours and programs are listed in the calendar.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: niet aanwezig
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: niet aanwezig
• Audiodescriptie: niet aanwezig

The main entrance of the Haseschacht building has steps; after registering (0541 122447), the team opens an accessible side entrance. An elevator serves the exhibition, but the Hase Tunnel and the bat cellar are not fully accessible. Accessible parking space at the Haseschacht building behind a barrier (call on arrival); accessible restrooms in the annex and in the storage building, whose entrance is at ground level. Low-barrier tours, including with sign language interpretation, on request; folding stools can be borrowed free of charge, and tours with a headphone system can be booked.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Doe- en voelstations
• Speeltuin / speelhoek
• Kinderfeestjes

Family tours, tunnel tours with helmet and lamp, holiday programs during the Easter, summer, and fall breaks, and numerous children's birthday programs. The permanent exhibition has its own children's trail; the grounds have a playground and picnic areas.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The path from the "Industriemuseum" stop to the entrance leads over stairs and unpaved paths. GPS address for the Haseschacht building: Fürstenauer Weg 171; storage building: Süberweg 50a.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Wifi

Café MIK in the Haseschacht building with homemade cake and, twice a month, a Sunday breakfast (registration required); beer garden behind the Haseschacht building from spring to fall. Wi-Fi in the Haseschacht building, in the café, and in the storage building.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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