Opening hours

Tue–Wed 11:00 – 18:00
Thu–Fr 11:00 – 20:00
Sat-Sun 11:00 – 18:00
Mon closed

Opening times on special event days and holidays in 2024

  • Wed., 01.05., Tag der Arbeit: 11:00-18:00
  • Thu., 09.05., Christi Himmelfahrt: 11:00-18:00
  • Sat., 11. + Sun., 12.05.: Kulturmeile
  • Mon., 20.05.2024, Pentecost: 11:00-18:00
  • Thu., 30.05.2024, Fronleichnam: 11:00-18:00
  • Sat., 01.06., Extraschicht: 18:00-02:00 (admission only with Extraschicht ticket)
  • Mon., 12.08. – Fr., 20.09.2024: closed for reconstruction

    The Video of the Month can be watched during that time on level 3 of the Dortmunder U during the opening hours.
  • Thu., 03.10.2024, Tag der Deutschen Einheit: 11:00-18:00
  • Fri., 01.11.2024, All Saints‘ Day: 11:00-18:00
  • Tue., 24.12.2023, Christmas Eve: closed
  • Wed., 25.12.2024, Christmas Day: closed
  • Thu., 26.12.2024, 2. Weihnachtsfeiertag: 11:00-18:00
  • Tue., 31.12.2024, New Years‘s Eve: closed

Free Admission.

Guided tours at HMKV

Public guided tours
16:00
Free admission & without registration!
On site: Sundays & on holidays, approx. 45 min., meeting point: entrance HMKV
Private guided tours
60,00 €
 
Private guided tours for educational institutions
40,00 €

For up to 25 people, also available in English and Ukrainian. Please make a booking request in advance via info@hmkv.de or 0231-13732155.

Exhibition Space

HMKV HartwareMedienKunstverein

at the Dortmunder U, level 3
Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse
D-44137 Dortmund

www.hmkv.de
info@hmkv.de

Directions

TRAIN
Dortmund Hbf: The HMKV's exhibition space at the Dortmunder U is only a 10 min. walk away from Dortmund Central Station/Hauptbahnhof. The route via Königswall and Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse is entirely wheelchair accessible. Please mind the limited accessibility at the central station, though.

Subway
U43 and U44: Westentor (Dortmunder U) station
The underground station is wheelchair accessible.

BUS
Line 452:  Westentor (Dortmunder U) station

VRR Journey Planner

 

BIKE SHARING/METROPOLRADRUHR
Metropolradruhr's closest bike sharing station to HMKV at the Dortmunder U is situated at Westentor (Dortmunder U) station at the corner of Hoher Wall and Westenhellweg.

Metropolradruhr

 

CAR PARK
Car park Dortmunder U, Brinkhoffstraße 30, 44137 Dortmund
There are 7 wheelchair accessible parking spaces.

Car park Westentor, Schmiedingstraße 25, 44137 Dortmund
There are 3 wheelchair accessible parking spaces.

More information on parking spaces in Dortmund here: City of Dortmund (German)

 

Accessibility

Dortmunter U's building is entirely wheelchair accessible via lifts and escalators – especially Level 3 where our exhibition space is located. In addition there is a wheelchair accessible WC on Level 3. For more information regarding accessibility and integration please contact us, we're happy to help you. Please mind the information on the website of the Dortmunder U as well.

The HMKV has been certified as "barrier-free" by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz ) and is allowed to use the award "Accessibility Tested" as well as the corresponding pictograms according to the criteria of the nationwide label "Travel for All" ("Reisen für Alle") in the period February 2022 – January 2025. The short report with information about the conditions on site can be accessed here (PDF, in German).