2009 is a special year. The Federal Republic of Germany will be 60 and our European Centre of Art and Industry Culture will be 10-years-old. The European Union proclaims 2009 the year of creativity and innovation - which is brilliant in itself!

On the 5000m visitor’s walkways we have developed a thrilling programme. New for 2009 is the Paradise in the coking plant and the exciting ScienceCenter Ferrodrom®.

The exhibitions Otmar Alt: “The Raven at the Centre of World History” and “State Gifts. 60 Years of Germany” in connection with the “World Events of Reportage Photography” provide special access to the history of our recent period.

We are continuing our programme of participation exhibitions with "Your brain: think, feel, act". Since 2000 more than 2 million people have visited the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks’ European centre for art and industrial culture.

I cordially thank and I invite you to visit the exhibitions and events of the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks in this jubilee year of 2009.

yours,

Dr. Meinrad Maria Grewenig
General director