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Papiermühle Alte Dombach (Paper Mill)

Address

LVR-Industriemuseum
Papiermühle Alte Dombach
Alte Dombach
51465 Bergisch Gladbach

Opening hours:


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 (3/31/2024), Labor Day (5/1/2024), Ascension Day (5/9/2024), Pentecost Sunday (5/19/2024), Whit Monday (5/20/2024), Corpus Christi (5/30/2024), German Unity Day (10/3/2024), All Saints' Day (11/1/2024)


Closed on the following holidays:

.Good Friday (29/3/2024), Easter Monday (4/1/2024)


Carnival closure:

Weiberfastnacht (2/8/2024) up to and including Rose Monday (2/12/2024)


Closing dates:

All venues of the LVR Industrial Museum will be closed from 12/23/2024 to 1/1/2025 inclusive.

As not all areas of the museum can be visited, temporarily reduced admission prices apply.


Admission to the permanent exhibition: €4

Reduced: € 2 (students, trainees, people doing federal voluntary service, people with severe disabilities, recipients of benefits SGB II and SGB XII)


Permanent exhibition for groups of 10 or more: €3.50 per person


Combined ticket (permanent and special exhibition): €6

Reduced combined ticket: €4 (students, trainees, people doing federal voluntary service, people with severe disabilities, recipients of benefits SGB II and SGB XII)


Combined ticket for groups of 10 or more: €5.50 per person


Children and young people (up to 18 years): Free admission

Pupils and daycare centre groups: free admission (including accompanying persons)


The LVR Museum Card gives you free admission to the museums of the LVR and LWL for one year from the date of purchase.Admission to special exhibitions and special events is not included. An upgrade ticket for the special exhibition can be purchased for €2 at the ticket office.


Free admission day for all:
1st Friday of the month. Applies to the permanent exhibition only, does not apply to special exhibitions and events.


Free admission: RuhrTopCars (once a year) Friends of the LVR Industrial Museum, LVR benefit recipients including one accompanying person, refugees one accompanying person, refugees, LVR employees, former LVR employees, members of the Rhineland Regional Assembly, former members of the Rhineland Regional Assembly, Rhineland Valley bearers, journalists with a press card, members of the International Council of Museums, members of the German Museums Association, members of the Federal Association of Museum Education, members of the Federal Association of Tour Guides, NRW Foundation, bus drivers of visitor groups, holders of the Youth Leader Card (Juleica), RKG employees


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

Tickets for the Papiermühle Alte Dombach (Paper Mill) can be purchased at the site or in advance from our ticketshop.

Dogs in the museum

Please note that dogs are not permitted in the museum. Assistance dogs are exempt from this.

Museum Café

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

Booking and information

Kulturinfo-rheinland

Tel.: 02234 9921555
(Mon - Fri 8 - 18 hours; Sat, Sun and public holidays 10 - 15 hours)

Fax: 02234 9921300

Email:

Travel directions

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)

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Legende

Driving along the A4 to exit 18: Refrath

  • After the exit drive in the direction of "Refrath".
  • After a good 1 km turn left in the direction of “Bergisch Gladbach Zentrum”, road "Vürfelser Kaule", follow this road through Refrath. The road subsequently changes its name to "Dolmanstraße".
  • In "Bergisch Gladbach, Ortsteil Gronau” keep left in the direction of "Wipperfürth, Altenberg".
  • At the next opportunity drive right in the direction of “Wippperfürth, Altenberg”, road "Hauptstraße".
  • At the next fork, keep to the right. From here follow the signs to "Rheinisches Industriemuseum Papiermühle Dombach".
  • Then follow the road straight on through the town.
  • Alte Dombach (Administration) is on the left-hand side after the traffic island. Neue Dombach (Paper machine hall, pathway to the museum entrance and parking facilities are 200 metres further on the left.

Environment zone: no

Driving along the A 4 to exit 20: Berg. Gladbach-Bensberg

  • At the first set of traffic lights drive straight on in the direction of "Herkenrath, Kürten"
  • In "Herkenrath" turn left at the first set of traffic lights.
  • At the next set of traffic lights turn left again. From here follow the signs to "Bergisch Gladbach" approx. 2 km to town sign "Bergisch Gladbach, Ortsteil Sand"
  • Take the first road to the right to "Dombach-Sander-Straße".
  • Then follows the signs to "Rheinisches Industriemuseum".
  • After a few bends in the road the entrance to the official carpark is on the left-hand side.
  • From there take the pathway to the museum approx. 300 Meter (down-stream).
  • If one drives passed the car park: In the valley at the junction "Kürtener Straße", Neue Dombach is directly opposite. Here there are a few more parking spaces. The footpath to the museum is approx. 200 m.

Environment zone: no

Driving along the A 3 to exit 24: Leverkusen

  • Continue in the direction "Bergisch Gladbach" at the set of traffic lights after the exit.
  • Follow the road in the direction of "Bergisch Gladbach".
  • After 5 km town boundary "Bergisch Gladbach, Ortsteil Schildgen".
  • Further 1 km at the traffic lights turn right in direction "Köln, Bensberg, Zentrum"
  • At the next traffic lights turn left and then drive in direction of "Bensberg, Zentrum, Stadion Paffrath”.
  • After 4 km turn right at the traffic lights in direction "A4, Gesamtverkehr, Bensberg".
  • Shortly afterwards keep left in the tunnel.
  • After the tunnel drive straight on in the direction of "Wipperfürth, Altenberg" and follow the signs to the “Rheinisches Industriemuseum Papiermühle Dombach".
  • Follow the road straight on through the town.
  • After the traffic island at Aldi etc. the Alte Dombach (Administration) is on the left-hand side.
  • After a further 200 metres Neue Dombach is on the left-hand side (Paper machine hall, parking facilities, footpath to the museum entrance).

Environmental zone: no

Driving along the A 1 to exit 97: Burscheid

  • After driving off the motorway drive in the direction of "Bergisch Gladbach" (B51).
  • After approx. 1.5 km turn left in the direction of Bergisch Gladbach.
  • In Altenberg turn right in the direction of Bergisch Gladbach.
  • In Odenthal turn left at the traffic island in direction of Bergisch Gladbach.
  • In Bergisch Gladbach take the fork to the left. Follow the road "Am Mühlenberg" in direction of the signs to the “Rheinisches Industriemuseum Papiermühle Dombach" and "Ev. Krankenhaus", "Kürten".
  • At the end of the road drive left following the direction Kürten.
  • After the next traffic island Alte Dombach (Administration) is on the left-hand side.
  • 200 Metres further on Neue Dombach is located on the left-hand side. (Paper machine hall, parking facilities and footpath to museum).

Environment zone: no

Parking facilities on the Dombach-Sander-Straße

Distance on foot: between approx. 200m and 600m
Without restricted mobility

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.

With restricted mobility

There are two marked disabled parking spaces available on Kürtener Straße.

Bus stop Dombach

Distance on foot: approx. 400m

Bus number 426

Directions with and without restricted mobility.

The distance between the bus stop and the museum is approx. 300 metres.

Arriving from the town centre:

  • Walk back to cross the road at the pedestrian traffic lights at the bus stop.
  • Walk alongside the factory hall.
  • Keep to the edge of the woods to reach the museum premises after approx. 300 metres.

Arriving from direction of Kürten:

  • Continue to walk along the road in the direction of travel.
  • The museum is located on the right-hand side after approx. 250 metres.

Papiermühle Alte Dombach (Paper mill)

Information and Bookings

kulturinfo rheinland

Phone: 02234 9921555
(Mon – Fri 8 – 18 hours; Sat, Sun and Public holidays 10 – 15 hours)

Fax: 02234 9921300

Opening hours

Tuesday - Friday:
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday and holidays:
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Monday closed

LVR-Industriemuseum
Papiermühle Alte Dombach
Alte Dombach
51465 Bergisch Gladbach

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