Dietmar Osses is Deputy Director and Head of Exhibitions at the Ruhr Museum at the Zollverein World Heritage Site in Essen. He previously worked as director of the LVR Industrial Museum Zinkfabrik Alten in Oberhausen and the LWL Industrial Museum Zeche Hannover in Bochum. His exhibitions and publications focus on industrial culture and everyday history in the Ruhr region as well as the history of migration in NRW.