LVR Industrial Museum Ermen & Engels Power Station

Some accessibility notices are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report at the end.

• Parking spaces are available in public spaces at a distance of approx. 150 m to the museum.
• The surface conditions of the outdoor paths make them difficult to walk and drive on.

Museum Kraftwerk Ermen & Engels 

• The entrance to the museum can be passed without steps or thresholds.
• The counter is 94 cm high. 
• All public doors and passageways are at least 90 cm wide.
• The turbine basement with turbine and generator is located on the ground floor. Between both rooms there are 5 steps without handrails.
• On the 1st floor there is the exhibition "Kraftwerk in der Fabrik", on the 2nd floor there is the special exhibition.
• The exhibition rooms on the 1st and 2nd floors can be reached via the elevator.
• The elevator cab is 110 cm x 217 cm in size. The operating elements are arranged on a horizontal control panel.
• In all exhibition rooms, the exhibits and the associated information can be viewed primarily from a seated position.
• Auxiliary aids offered: folding chairs
• Guided tours are offered for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users. A reservation is desired. The entire route is not steplessly passable.
• The Industrial Museum does not have a toilet designed for people with disabilities. Directly on the opposite of the museum is the town hall, where you can find a toilet for people with disabilities. This is reached via cobblestone pavement and an elevator and can only be used during the regular opening hours of the town hall.

Oelchenshammer (located in 4 km away from the Industrial Museum)

• Parking spaces are available in public spaces at a distance of approx. 30 m to the museum.
• The path has a gradient of 12 % over a distance of 3 m and is not easy to walk or drive on.
• The entrance to the exhibition is via a 13 cm high threshold.

Public toilet at the Showroom Oelchenshammer

• The door to the WC has a threshold 4 cm high.
• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  in front of/behind the door, in front of the WC and in front of the washbasin at least 104 cm x 159 cm;
  to the left of the WC 32 cm x 56 cm and to the right of the WC 132 cm x 56 cm.
• There are grab rails to the left and right of the WC. The grab rail to the right of the WC is flipped up.
• The washbasin is wheelchair compatible to a limited extent.
• The mirror is not visible when sitting.
• There is no alarm trigger.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report at the end.

• There is no alarm.
• There is no audio induction loop system.
• An outgoing emergency call in the elevator (Industrial Museum) is only confirmed acoustically. Alternatively, stairs are available.
• Information about the exhibits/objects is provided in writing and is sometimes presented in a photo-realistic manner.
• Guided tours for people with hearing disabilities and deaf people (in German sign language) are offered.  A reservation in advance is necessary. 
• Technical ways of conveying information deaf people: An information video in German sign language is available on the website.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report at the end.

• Assistance dogs may be brought into all relevant areas/rooms.
• Exterior walkways do not have a visually contrasting or tactilely detectable walkway boundary.
• The entrance to the Industrial Museum has visual contrast, but the entrance to the Oelchenshammer does not.
• Almost all elevated areas usable by guests are well lit, i.e., bright and glare-free.
• There is no continuous guidance system with floor indicators.
• Signage is designed in legible, high-contrast lettering.
• An outgoing emergency call in the elevator (industrial museum) is confirmed acoustically. The stop position is not announced by voice. The operating elements are designed with high visual contrast and are tactilely detectable.
• Alternatively, stairs are provided. Stair treads are not visually contrasting. Stairs usually have a handrail on one side.
• Exhibits/objects in the Industrial Museum are generally well lit, but exhibits/objects in the Oelchenhammer are not.
• Information about the exhibits/objects in the Industrial Museum is mostly provided in writing and is visually contrasting.
• There is some acoustic information about the exhibits/objects.
• Guided tours are offered for people with visual impairments, but not for blind people.
• During the guided tours, exhibits are integrated for touching.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report at the end.

• Name and logo of the company are clearly visible from the outside at the Industrial Museum and at the "Oelchenshammer" exhibition room.
• Oelchenshammer is located in 4 km away from the Industrial Museum. 
• Information is not shown with pictograms or pictures.
• The destinations of the routes are within sight.
• An uninterrupted guidance system or signs at a visible distance are not available.
• Guided tours are offered for guests with cognitive impairments.  A reservation is desired .