LVR-Industriemuseum
Papiermühle Alte Dombach
Alte Dombach
51465 Bergisch Gladbach
Regular opening hours:
Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday, Sunday, holidays 11 am - 6 pm
Monday closed
Tuesday to Friday group visits are possible on request already from 9 am.
The laboratory paper machine will be demonstrated at the following times:
Tuesday - Friday 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday, holidays 12.30 p.m., 2 p.m., 3.30 p.m., 5 p.m.
Paper making is possible at any time.
Open on the following holidays:
Easter Sunday (9/4/2023), Ascension Day (5/18/2023), Whit Sunday (5/28/2023), Whit Monday (5/29/2023) Corpus Christi (6/8/2023), German Unity Day (10/3/2023), All Saints Day (11/1/2023).
Closed on the following holidays:
Good Friday (4/7/2023), Easter Monday (4/10/2023), Labor Day (5/1/2023).
Carnival closure:
Weiberfastnacht (2/16/2023) through and including Carnival Tuesday (2/21/2023).
Closing dates:
All venues of the LVR Industrial Museum will be closed from 12/23/2023 to 1/1/2024 inclusive.
Regular entrance fee: 5 €, reduced 4,50 € (students, severely disabled persons unemployed persons upon presentation of a welfare card or another official document), groups from 10 persons 4 € per person
Children and adolescents (up to 18 years): Entrance free
School classes (with up 2 accompanying persons): Entrance free
Free entrance for everyone: 1st Friday in the month
Free admission for refugees
Refugees have free admission to the museums of the Landschaftsverband Rheinland. In this way, the LVR would like to help refugees learn about the history and culture of the Rhineland.
For free admission, an official certificate must be presented. Admission is also free for accompanying persons who care for refugees. (max. 2 persons per group)
The LVR-Museumskarte entitles you to free entrance to the LVR and LWL museums for one year as from the date of purchase.
Other reductions:
DB Abo & mehr: 25 %
NRW-Ehrenamt: 50 %
Rheinischer Verein: 25 %
Sauerländischer Gebirgverein: 25%
Entrance free: RuhrTopCard (1x per year), Members of Bundesverband Museumspädagogik e.V, Associations of Friends of the LVR-Industriemuseum, Members of Deutscher Museumsbund, Members of ICOM (International Council of Museums), Juleica (JugendleiterIn-Card), LVR staff (including pensioners and retirees), recipients of benefits from LVR incl. an accompanying person, Rheinlandtaler-Träger, Members of the Association of Friends of the Stiftung NRW
Price for Guided Tours (up to 25 persons):
Normal group guided tours for adults: 50 €
Normal group guided tours for children’s groups and school classes: 45 €
Guided tours in foreign languages (English): 55 €
Separate entrance fees apply for temporary exhibitions and events.
Tickets for the Papiermühle Alte Dombach (Paper Mill) can be purchased at the site or in advance from our ticketshop.
Please note that dogs are not permitted in the museum. Assistance dogs are exempt from this.
The Museum Café will be closed from Dec. 1st 2022 till Feb. 28th 2023.
Opening hours:
High season: March 26 - October 30
Tuesday to Saturday 11 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Monday closed
Winter season: October 31 to March 25
Wednesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday closed
Tel. 02202 2515309
Kulturinfo-rheinland
Tel.: 02234 9921555
(Mon - Fri 8 - 18 hours; Sat, Sun and public holidays 10 - 15 hours)
Fax: 02234 9921300
Email: info@kulturinfo-rheinland.de
Public Transport
Bus stop: Dombach
To timetable information VRS Verkehrsverbundes Rhein-Sieg
For cyclists:
To Radroutenplaner des Radwegenetzes NRW (Cycle Route Planner of the Cycle Route Network NRW)
Environment zone: no
Environment zone: no
Environmental zone: no
Environment zone: no
There is another car park on the Dombach-Sander-Straße (free of charge, at a distance of approx. 300 Metres). This can only be used during the opening hours of the museum.
There are two marked disabled parking spaces available on Kürtener Straße.
The distance between the bus stop and the museum is approx. 300 metres.
Arriving from the town centre:
Arriving from direction of Kürten:
The path follows an asphalted pavement. There is, however, a short steep embankment.