Riotinto Mining Museum

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Riotinto Mining Museum, Mining museum in Minas de Riotinto, Spain.

The Riotinto Mining Museum occupies a former hospital building from 1921, presenting exhibits about mining activities across different historical periods.

The museum structure served as a medical facility for Rio Tinto Company Limited employees from 1921 until 1983 before its transformation into a cultural institution.

The museum collection includes mining tools, archaeological artifacts, machinery, and minerals from the Iberian Pyrite Belt region of Spain.

Visitors can explore the museum's basement level, which contains a reconstructed Roman mine tunnel demonstrating ancient mining techniques.

The museum maintains several preserved steam locomotives that once operated on the historic Riotinto railway line for mineral transportation.

Operator: Fundación Río Tinto

GPS coordinates: 37.69351,-6.59656

Latest update: April 4, 2025 00:50

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