St. Antony-Hütte (Ironworks) and the Eisenheim Museum (Housing Estate) present the beginnings of industrialisation and life in one of the first workers’ housing settlements on the Rhine and Ruhr in a very vivid way. During guided tours and activity-oriented events children and adolescents become acquainted with these historic locations and gain technical and social competence.
The heart of the Ruhr region first began to beat at the St. Antony-Hütte (Ironworks). As if it were business crime thriller, the guided tour explains to the children and adolescents how a global company developed from these tentative beginnings. In the industrial-archaeological park one can see what the ironworks once looked like and how it functioned: The route passes through history from the difficult beginnings of ironworking in the Ruhr region in the early period of industrialisation to the Oberhausen-based global company. Gutehoffnungshütte.
Age group: 10 – 19 years / 5th – 13th class. Max. 15 participants.
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Price: 45 € per group
(bookable from Easter to 31st October)
A tour through the museum and the Eisenheim housing settlement explains the housing and living conditions in the oldest workers’ housing estate in the Ruhr region.
Age group: 11 – 19 years / 6th – 13th class. Max. 15 participants.
Duration: approx. 1.5 hours
Price: 45 € per group
The museum is an ideal place of learning for all types of school and class levels and appropriate for excursions, project weeks, interdisciplinary learning and special events for the (open) all-day schools. We would be happy to advise you individually on how our programme options could be integrated in your lessons and to develop a special programme for you. Upon request we also offer further training courses for teachers.
You can reach us under Tel. 0208/8579136 (Mon – Fri 9 – 16 hours).
In consultation with teachers we develop a balanced programme for social studies lessons – particularly for primary schools.
