World Cultural Heritage Rammelsberg Museum & Visitor Mine
The mine, which was closed in 1988, is now a museum and visitor mine and has also been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992. The four museum houses, guided tours through the historic Roeder gallery or rides on the mine train offer visitors exciting insights into 1000 years of mining history.
Please visit the website www.rammelsberg.de for general information.
Barrier-free information
All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with walking disabilities and for wheelchair users".
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- There are 2 parking spaces for people with disabilities.
- The Bergwerk bus stop is 100 metres away.
- All rooms and facilities that can be used by guests are accessible without steps, via a ramp or a lift.
- There are gradients of more than 6% (door threshold ramp at the rear entrance with 11%).
- All doors/passages and paths that can be used by guests and are raised are at least 90 cm wide.
- The checkout counter is 114 cm high.
- Exhibits and information can mainly be viewed while seated.
- Seating is available.
- There is a public toilet for people with disabilities, which can be accessed from at least one side (at least 80 cm).
- Guided tours are offered for wheelchair users. Advance booking is necessary.
- The mine railway has been converted for use with a wheelchair (gradient of 10%). A folding seat for an accompanying person is available. The wheelchair user can be secured with belts.
- The inclined lift within the museum can be used to travel up the slope of the mountain. It is accessible at ground level via a platform and can therefore be used by wheelchair users.
- Aids available: Wheelchair
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- There is no inductive hearing system available.
- An outgoing emergency call in the lift is only confirmed acoustically. Alternatively, stairs are available.
- Information about the exhibits is provided in writing.
- Seating is available.
- Guided tours are offered for people with hearing impairments and deaf people (in German sign language). Pre-booking is necessary.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- Assistance dogs are welcome.
- The signposting (for orientation) is designed in easily legible and high-contrast lettering.
- Almost all elevated areas that can be used by guests are brightly lit and glare-free (exceptions: carriages in the mine railway, underground).
- An outgoing emergency call in the lift is confirmed acoustically.
- Steps do not have high-contrast edges.
- Stairs have a handrail on at least one side (exception: main entrance).
- Information about the exhibits is visually rich in contrast.
- Information about the exhibits is conveyed acoustically.
- Seating is available.
- Information is not available in Braille or prismatic writing.
- There are no guided tours for visually impaired and blind people. There is no inductive hearing system available.
- An outgoing emergency call in the lift is only confirmed acoustically. Alternatively, stairs are available.
- Information about the exhibits is provided in writing.
- Seating is available.
- Guided tours are offered for people with hearing impairments and deaf people (in German sign language). Pre-booking is necessary.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- The Bergwerk bus stop is 100 metres away.
- The name of the museum is clearly recognisable from the outside.
- Information for orientation purposes is presented in pictorial form.
- The destinations of the paths are within sight or there are signposts at a constantly visible distance.
- There is no information in plain language.
- The information on the exhibits is mainly provided in writing, but not in plain language.
- Seating is available.
- There are no guided tours for people with cognitive impairments.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
Image gallery
(Markus Gloger)
World Cultural Heritage Rammelsberg Museum & Visitor Mine
(Guido Frank)
World Cultural Heritage Rammelsberg Museum & Visitor Mine
(Guido Frank)
World Cultural Heritage Rammelsberg Museum & Visitor Mine
(Guido Frank)