the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Volklingen Ironworks incorporates many superlatives: gigantically huge machines, a world of iron and steel never seen before, a milestone of 19th and 20th century high technology in the closest knit space it is a symbol of modern Europe.   
For over 10 years exciting exhibitions and spectacles have been produced at the European Centre for Art and Industrial Culture and the redevelopment of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site is managed from here. Over 6000 metres of visitors’ enable one to penetrate deep into the belly of the Volklingen Ironworks and scale stairs and elevators to the highest view points.  
We could not extend the two exhibitions “Your brain: think, feel, act” and “State Gifts. 60 Years of Germany” in spite of their stirring reception. Concerning the State Gifts other exhibitions will appear in 2010.  
We are particularly proud of our Paradise. Industry culture and nature have been set into special dialogue with one another yielding fascinating access and insights.
This extraordinary wonder world of technology, nature and culture at the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Volklingen Ironworks is an exceptional portal on our civilisation which, from 20th November will open far into the past on our ancestors of 2500 years ago. “The Celts – Druids. Princes. Warriors.” unveils an extraordinary view onto the Iron Age of more than 500 BC. At that time the SaarLorLux region was a centre of Europe.

You are cordially invited to visit this marvel of our civilization.

Dr. Meinrad Maria Grewenig
Generel Director