Collection
There are over 250,000 objects in our collection. They range from written documents, postcards and industrial images to household goods, furniture and large-scale technical exhibits like machines and vehicles.
They all document important aspects of industrial history: mechanical production and manual labour, time discipline and work safety, entrepreneurial self-perceptions and social criticism, female, male and child labour, armaments production and forced labour, migration, the crisis in the coal and steel industries, living conditions and lifestyles. Besides valuable and aesthetically high-quality items, there are also more inconspicuous objects: authentic testimonies to people's work and everyday life. The collection focuses on the period between 1850 and 2000.
Contact
Management
Dr. Lisa Maubach
Head of the Collections Division
Phone: +49 (0)231 6961-103
Email: lisa.maubach@lwl.org
Documentation
Dr. Stephan Pahs
Head of Documentation
Phone: +49 (0)231 6961-104
Email: stephan.pahs@lwl.org
Christiane Althoff
Documentation
Email: christiane.althoff@lwl.org
Iris Chuchra
Documentation Assistant
Email: iris.chuchra@lwl.org
Tatjana Korinth
Documentation Assistant
Email: tatjana.korinth@lwl.org
Henrike Platz
Documentation
Email: henrike.platz@lwl.org
Shari Kämer
Student Intern
Email: shari.kaemer@lwl.org
Central Storage Facility / Museum Technology
Sven Jüttemeier
Head of the Central Storage Facility / Museum Technology
Phone: +49 (0)231 6961-153
Mobile: +49 (0)151 4063 5032
Email: sven.juettemeier@lwl.org
Frank Herrmann-Sandkühler
Museum Craftsman
Phone: +49 (0)231 6961-177
Mobile: +49 (0)151 4063 5049
Email: frank.herrmann-sandkuehler@lwl.org
Bernhard Walter
Magazine Administrator
Phone: +49 (0)231 6961-155
Email: bernhard.walter@lwl.org
