Bergbau- und Industriemuseum Ostbayern, Mining and Industry Museum in Kümmersbruck, Germany

The Bergbau- und Industriemuseum Ostbayern is a collection of machines, tools, and equipment that shaped industry in this region over centuries. It shows how people extracted and processed raw materials, and how these activities changed over time.

The museum was founded in 1972 and installed in 1978 in the former Hammerherrenschloss Theuern. The Upper Palatinate had long been a centre of iron ore extraction, with ironworks such as the Maxhütte in Sulzbach-Rosenberg and shaft mines at Auerbach operating into the 20th century. Kaolin mining, for example at Hirschau, supplied the porcelain industry.

The collections show craftsmanship traditions that shaped generations of workers and appear in glass, porcelain, and metalwork. These objects tell the story of people who worked in the region and passed their skills to those who followed.

The building is located in town and is accessible on foot, with parking nearby for visitors. Guided tours are offered in different languages and help visitors understand the exhibits better.

On the museum grounds stand three regional industrial monuments moved to Theuern: an iron hammer works, a shaft installation, and a working grain mill with an attached glass grinding and polishing works. Since 1996 the mill building has also housed the Strommuseum Ostbayern, a museum of electricity for eastern Bavaria.