LVR-Industriemuseum
Gesenkschmiede Hendrichs
Merscheider Str. 289-297
42699 Solingen
Regular opening hours
Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday, Sunday, holidays 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Monday closed
For school classes the museum opens on request already at 9 am.
Machine demonstrations take place continuously during opening hours.
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), 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), Whit Monday (5/20/2024)
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.
During the duration of a temporary exhibition, only a combined ticket for the special and temporary exhibition is offered!
Combined ticket (permanent and temporary exhibition): €8
Reduced combined ticket: €6 (students, trainees, people doing federal voluntary service), €5.50 (people with severe disabilities)
Combined ticket for groups of 10 or more: €7 per person
Children and young people (up to 18 years): Free admission
Group of schoolchildren and daycare centre: 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 events is not included.
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: Ruhr Top Card (once a year), support associations of the LVR Industrial Museum, LVR benefit recipients incl. 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
Further discounts
NRW volunteer card: € 3.50
Members of the Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz: €6 (permanent exhibition)
If no special exhibition:
Admission to the permanent exhibition: €7
Reduced: € 5 (students, trainees, federal volunteers), € 4.50 (people with severe disabilities, recipients of benefits SGB II and SGB XII)
Permanent exhibition for groups of 10 or more people: €6 per person, reduced €4 per person (people with severe disabilities, recipients of SGB II and SGB XII benefits)
Prices for guided tours (up to 25 persons):
Normal guided tour for adults: 50 €
Normal guided tour for groups of children and school classes: 40 €
Guided tours in foreign languages (English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Turkish: 60 €
Guided tours outside the normal opening hours: 50 € plus 25 € per hour
Separate entrance fees apply for temporary exhibitions and events. Please consult the website relating to the respective temporary exhibitions or our event calendar.
Public transport
Bus stop: “Industriemuseum”
Timetable of the VRR (Verkehrsverbundes Rhein-Ruhr)
Zum Radroutenplaner des Radwegenetzes NRW (Cycle Route Planner of the Cycle Route Network NRW)
It is possible to drive to the carpark per Navi via “Bäckershof” road.
Environment zone: no
There are sufficient parking spaces on the museum premises.
Approx. 30 Meter in front of the entrance there is a marked parking space for persons with a disability. The path from the parking space to the entrance is easy to negotiate on foot and with mobility aids.
When alighting from the bus travelling from the direction “Stadtmitte”:
Tickets for the Gesenkschmiede Hendrichs (Drop Forge) can be purchased at the site or in advance from our Ticketshop.
Once a week Gesenkschmiede Hendrichs (Drop Forge) offers a grinding and repair service for knives and scissors of all types. More details can be obtained from the museum reception under Tel. 0212 2324119.
Once a week Gesenkschmiede Hendrichs (Drop Forge) offers a grinding and repair service for knives and scissors of all types. More details can be obtained from the museum reception under Tel. 0212 2324119.
We are happy to loan you an audio-guide which will accompany you through the various stations of the exhibition.
Languages: German, German (simple language), English, French, Dutch
Loan is free of charge. Please speak to our museum staff at the site.
Please note that dogs are not permitted in the museum. Assistance dogs are exempt.
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
