Institutions and cooperations of the faculty

German Mining Museum Bochum

The scientific areas of the German Mining Museum Bochum comprehensively examine, document and evaluate the development and history of mining humanity’s ‘primary production’ and an indispensable necessity right up to the present day. A cooperation agreement has been concluded with Ruhr University, ensuring that the research fields of archaeometallurgy, mining history, materials science and mining archaeology are regularly incorporated into the faculty’s curriculum.

House of the History of the Ruhr Region

The House of the History of the Ruhr Region is the roof for the Foundation for the History of the Ruhr Region (until 2015 Foundation Library of the Ruhr Region) and the Institute for Social Movements. Both institutions offer students, researchers and interested parties a variety of services – in particular for the topics of “social movements” and “history and present of the Ruhr region”.

Art Collections of the Ruhr-University Bochum

The art collections house the largest collection of classical ancient art in the Ruhr area and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art on the Forum Square of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum with around 1000 works of modernism.

In the park of the house Weitmar in Bochum, further works are exhibited in the museum ensemble Situation Kunst (for Max Imdahl). Further information on current exhibitions and events on the Modern Art Collection can be found on the website.

Martin-Opitz Library

The Martin-Opitz-Bibliothek is an affiliated institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and opens up, mediates and secures holdings and collections on German history and culture in eastern Europe. Since the 1. October 2024 leads Prof. Dr. Heidi Hein-Kircher the Martin Opitz Library in Herne. She is a professor of German culture and history in Eastern Europe at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.