German Inland Waterways Museum as spurring redevelopment in the harbor area. The building conversion was designed by Architektur Fabrik Aachen (afa) and an American artist, Ron Bernstein, and made very little change to the building exterior while expanding the inner spaces to accommodate the exhibits. For example, a full-size sailing ship now occupies the former men's pool, while the second-story women's pool now houses a reconstructed barge. German Inland Waterways Museum The German Inland Waterways Museum (Museum der Deutschen Binnenschifffahrt) is located in Ruhrort, Duisburg at the nucleus of Duisburg-Ruhrorter ports which today make up the largest European inland harbour complex. The museum was
Rhine-Ruhr the south and the small city Wesel as its northernmost point. The northern border is similar to the border of the Ruhr Area. The table below shows an unofficial summary of regions. In the official definition the metropolitan area is much smaller. Eurostat's "Urban Audit" splits the Rhine-Ruhr region into six Larger Urban Zones (LUZ). These six Urban Zones do not cover the cities of Remscheid and Solingen nor the district of Rhein-Kreis Neuss. Historically, most of the Ruhr area was for the most part characterized by heavy industry since the age of industrialisation in the late 19th and early