World Museum of Mining, Mining museum in Butte, Montana, United States
The World Museum of Mining is a museum dedicated to mining heritage on expansive grounds featuring over 50 exhibit buildings and historic structures from the mining era. The collection displays original equipment, minerals, and artifacts that reveal how mining shaped this region.
The Orphan Girl Mine began operations in 1875, producing silver for decades until the 1950s before the museum was established in 1963. The site preserves this connection to the region's industrial mining past.
The recreation of Hell Roarin' Gulch shows how miners and immigrants lived in the 1890s through buildings like a Chinese laundry, bank, and schoolhouse. You can walk through these structures and understand the daily lives and diverse communities that formed around mining operations.
Tours allow you to descend into the actual mine shaft and examine the original machinery and hoist house up close. The grounds are extensive and best explored on foot, so wear appropriate footwear and be prepared for varying terrain.
A memorial wall inside holds the names of over 2,500 miners who died in mining operations throughout the region. This record honors those whose labor and sacrifice shaped the mining industry here.
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