This selection presents French mining museums and former mines. The locations display industrial facilities, tools and documents from coal and iron ore extraction. The museums document miners' daily work and the technical development of mining from the 19th century to the present.
La Grand-Combe, France
The miners' museum documents historical coal extraction with original tools and equipment from mining operations.
Faymoreau, France
The museum presents mining equipment, mineral findings and documents from two centuries of industrial coal production in the region.
Ungersheim, France
This museum displays traditional buildings, a coal mine and daily life in an Alsatian village from the early 20th century.
Longueil-Annel, France
A museum about inland navigation history with exhibitions on canal transport, locks and the life of boating families.
Neufchef, France
The historical site documents the industrial development of iron extraction with original tools and machines from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Petite-Rosselle, France
This renovated industrial facility shows through accurate reproductions the daily life of miners and the evolution of coal mining from 1856 to 2004.
Digne-les-Bains, France
The reserve spans 18 locations and presents geological formations, mineral deposits and fossil finds from different geological eras.
Blanzy, France
This mining museum shows the history of coal extraction with exhibitions of mining equipment and technical installations from the 19th century.