DASA Arbeitswelt Ausstellung is one of Dortmund's best museums for understanding the Ruhr beyond coal-and-steel nostalgia. Its exhibitions look at work itself: factories, offices, transport, health, safety, design, and the technologies that shape everyday labour.
The museum is large and interactive, so it suits families as well as travellers interested in industrial history. It pairs naturally with Dortmund's broader Ruhr heritage sites, but its focus on the present and future of work gives it a different angle from preserved mines and blast furnaces.