Industriemuseum Brandenburg, Technology museum in Brandenburg, Germany

The Industriemuseum Brandenburg is a museum built around Furnace XII, a Siemens-Martin furnace completed in 1967 and placed under monument protection in 1994. The largely gutted and renovated furnace hall, sold to the Recyclingpark Brandenburg, now holds the preserved furnace with its ancillary installations, workshops, vehicles and canteen kitchens. An exhibition area explains steelmaking and the history of the plant, and the museum keeps a works archive and library.

Rudolf Weber bought an 800,000 m² site between the Silokanal and the Magdeburger Landstraße in 1912 and founded the Weber rolling mill; two Siemens-Martin furnaces and a sheet rolling mill were operating by 1914. After 1945 the plant was dismantled, but reconstruction began in 1950 and furnace XII was commissioned on 12 October 1967. The last tap took place in December 1993, and in 1994 furnace XII was placed under monument protection.

The place carries the name of an industrial past that remains visible in its spaces today. Visitors can see how work and production shaped the everyday life of the region for generations.

The building is easy to reach on foot and comfortable shoes are recommended for longer visits. The exhibitions are spread across multiple levels, so it is wise to allow enough time to explore everything at a leisurely pace.

Furnace XII, built in 1967, was meant as an experimental unit to test new designs and reach top performance with full oil firing and oxygen use. It was soon diverted to meet production quotas, and in 1994 it became the last newly built Siemens-Martin furnace still standing, now protected as a monument.