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Beckum Cement Museum
The Cement Museum in Beckum provides insights into limestone layers - some of which are around 300 million years old! - and the famous history of the so-called cement district. Visitors learn how the building material was produced and what economic and industrial success it brought to the town. Documents, pictures and films provide extensive information - from (former) production to worldwide delivery. Thanks to many models and manufactured products, the feeling of cold, hard cement and brittle sand-lime brick can be "touched" here. For more than ten years, eight volunteers and former cement workers have put a lot of passion into preserving the city's impressive cement history and invite visitors to discover it.
Let yourself be inspired
The development of the Beckum cement district
In no other part of Germany was the cement industry concentrated in such a small area as in the former district of Beckum, today the southern part of the district of Warendorf. Today, large quarries, former extraction sites and extensive factories still characterise the landscape around Beckum and Ennigerloh. There is evidence that the lime and marl deposits in Beckum were already being exploited in the Middle Ages. Until the late 19th century, the material was extracted by hand using hoes, crowbars and shovels and transported to the factory by horse and cart - which meant heavy physical strain for the quarry workers (stone coolers)! It was only later that more powerful mechanical quarrying methods, such as excavators, the use of explosives and quarry railways, were invented or discovered. The "ring kilns" that came onto the market in the middle of the 19th century greatly improved the quality and quantity of lime production.
Map | Cement Museum in Beckum
Service & offer
- Admission free / free of charge
- Guided tours
- Indoor
- Museum in the house
- Bad weather offer
- for groups
Beckum Cement Museum
- Mondayclosed
- Tuesdayclosed
- Wednesdayclosed
- Thursdayclosed
- Fridayclosed
- Saturdayclosed
- Sunday14:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr
Termine zur Besichtigung sind ganzjährig nach Absprache vereinbar
Admission
- Free admission:0,00 €
Donation requested.
Events at the cement museum
The NN Theatre from Cologne is performing its play "Peer Gynt - Der Traum vom Ich" on the market square in Beckum. The play will be accompanied musically by a project choir. The open-air theatre begins on 26.07. at 20:00. Admission is free. A limited number of seats are available. The market square is also barrier-free.
Markt 1
59269 Beckum
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The Filou cultural initiative is performing its theatre play "Schnickschnack und Schnuck auf der Jagd nach der Liebe" on the market square in Beckum. The (clown) theatre play is worth seeing for everyone aged 4 and over as well as for adults who are young at heart. The play will be performed on 30 July from 17:00. Admission is free. The market square in Beckum is also barrier-free.
Markt 1
59269 Beckum
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Always on the weekend of the 1st Sunday in September, Beckum presents itself from its best side and welcomes its guests to the town's "parlour". There is a lot to discover and experience in the town centre over the 3 days.
Numerous stalls offer their products and services. Whether on the stage or in the streets, from street artists to live bands, there is something for every taste. On Saturday and Sunday, there will also be a large children's flea market on Hühlstraße and a flea market on Wilhelmstraße.
On Sunday, the city centre shops invite you to stroll around from 13:00 to 18:00.
Visitors can look forward to a colourful programme for the whole family.
Markt 1
59269 Beckum
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4 tips for the cement museum
- One look at the Dyckerhoff Lake in Beckum will make you think you've landed in the Caribbean. But this is actually Münsterland. Because of its turquoise-coloured water, the lake is also known as the "Blue Lagoon".
- The Aktivpark Phönix is located right next to Beckum city centre. Here you can look forward to numerous leisure activities.
- The Tuttenbrock leisure lake is the perfect summer destination. Here you can go water skiing or swimming, among other things.
- On a tour of Beckum city centre, you can pay a visit to the Beckum City Museum. Four to six times a year, the museum puts on special exhibitions of contemporary modern art that are well worth seeing.
Sights around the cement museum
Münsterland Tourism Centre© Münsterland e.V./Anja Tiwisina