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Blackcraig1
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16 years ago

Following on from the topic listing mining museums in the UK and Ireland, how about some from mainland Europe? Here are 2 poorly known Swiss ones:

Bergbaumuseum/ Schaubergwerk Silberberg
Near RhB (Rhaetian Railway) -Station Monstein | 7270 Davos
Tel. G +41 81 413 76 03 | Tel. G +41 81 416 59 18
[email protected] | www.silberberg-davos.ch
Opening times:
Mi 13:45-17:00, Sa 14:00-16:00
Juni – Oktober

Mines de Sel des Alpes (Salt Mines in the Alps)
Route des Mines de Sel
CP 277
1880 Bex
Suisse

Tél: +41 24 463 03 30
web: www.mines.ch

Any others?

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skimble
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16 years ago

Have a look here http://www.showcaves.com/english/index.html . Although the site is called Show Caves of the World it also lists show mines and mining museums.

Mr Mike
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16 years ago

I know a few big ones in Poland, both in Southern Poland.

The famous Salt Mine - Wieliczka

http://www.kopalnia.pl/home.php?action=&id_language=2&

Gold Mine in Zloty Stok

http://kopalniazlota.pl/index.php/en

Been to both, very good.

Mr Mike www.mineexplorer.org.uk

rhychydwr
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16 years ago

http://www.showcaves.com describes mines all over the world.

Click the country you are interested and then click mines

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Minerboy
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16 years ago

Hi!

In France, there is a museum in La Croix-aux-Mines ! In this city, there are lot of Silver and copper mine!
In Paris, there is a Mineralogy museum! This is a very big exposition, with fantastic minerals!

In England, there are natural historic museum!
I'm french so, i can help you! 😉

Minerboy

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simonrl
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16 years ago

More than happy to put togeter a museum list for Europe as well as the UK one.

Like with the UK one feel free to use this thread to post submissions, if the following format could be used please it would be an enormous help when compiling the page:

Museum Name
Address
Telephone
Web address (each entry will get a link)
Brief Description

See the UK Museum thread here http://www.aditnow.co.uk/community/viewtopic.aspx?t=2841 (and the resulting page here http://www.aditnow.co.uk/static/mining-mine-history-museums.aspx

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geoff
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16 years ago

I've just reurned from a visit here at Le Thillot, Voges, France, 7 euros entry for museum and guided tour of surface and underground.
http://hautes.mynes.free.fr/v2/homev2.html

An excellent museum and underground tour explaining early mining techniques

The first known use of explosives in mining, they say in Europe but surely anywhere? excellent historical as well as archaeological evidence for black powder being used from 1617

Moorebooks
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16 years ago

Try Glengowla Mines in Ireland just North of Galway

http://glengowla.goegi.com/index.htm

As mine explorers the owners will allow you to lower parts of the mine where there are some very interesting features

Mike

AndyC
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16 years ago

Another French one. Bit linght on IA, but wothr it iof you happen to be in Normandy:

http://www.france4families.com/Normandy/RegionsNormandyAttractionsSouterroscope.htm

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Jimbo
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16 years ago

#10

A few here http://www.showcaves.com/english/explain/Index/MinesByCountry.php 😉

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prusiker
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16 years ago

#11

The German Mining Museum in Bochum is really good, relating to coal of course as in Ruhr, but wide range of exhibits from lamps, tubs, locomotives, art etc. A traditional museum with no crap audio visual displays and tarted up interactive exhibits.