Upper Harz Mining Museum, Mining museum in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.
Description
The Upper Harz Mining Museum is a collection about the history of mining in this region, with machines, equipment, and learning models from a former mining school. Outdoors, relocated mining structures are displayed that visitors can explore.
History
The institution was founded in 1891, making it Germany's oldest technical museum, documenting centuries of silver ore extraction. It grew out of a mining school and preserves the memory of a long mining tradition in the Harz region.
Culture
The museum displays how miners lived and worked in their time, with their tools, minerals, and old photographs from that era. You can see how hard and dangerous their daily work was, and understand what role mining played for people in this region.
Practical
The museum has exhibitions indoors and areas outdoors where you can explore the structures at your own pace. It is located in a mountainous region, so plan enough time and wear good shoes to see everything.
Did you know?
You can see the invention of the first steel cables, developed in 1834 by Julius Albert, which changed mining technology. An underground tunnel with original equipment shows how this innovation was put to practical use.
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