Between 1991 and 1994, the Recklinghausen substation was technically modernized and the historic façade was reconstructed at the same time. The unique combination of listed building, technical monument and modern operating site was further enhanced in December 2000 with the opening of the Museum Strom und Leben.
The theme of the museum is the history of electricity. Electrification as part of the "Second Industrial Revolution" from around 1880 brought about a rapid modernization that took people from the age of horse power to the atomic age in little more than three generations. On 2,500 square meters of exhibition space, the Museum of Electricity and Life takes visitors on a journey through the cultural, social and technological history of electrification. After a playful introduction to the phenomenon of electricity, turbines, steam engines and water turbines illustrate the various ways of generating electricity.
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