Écomusée des mines de fer de Lorraine, Mining museum in Aumetz and Neufchef, France
The Écomusée des mines de fer de Lorraine is a mining museum with two locations in Aumetz and Neufchef that displays underground shafts and equipment from iron extraction. The site shows machinery and tools that explain how miners worked below ground to extract iron ore.
The Bassompierres mine opened in 1900 and was a major site for iron extraction in Lorraine for decades. After closing in 1983, it was transformed into a museum to preserve the history of mining in the region.
The museum keeps alive the memory of industrial work that shaped generations in this region. Visitors can understand how central mining was to people's lives and the community that depended on it.
Both sites are reachable by car or public transport, with the main entrance in Aumetz. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes since the underground passages are uneven and the temperature below ground stays cool.
From the headframe platform 35 meters high, visitors see the old mining towns and spot the Maginot Line fortifications and the iron church of Crusnes in the distance. This viewpoint brings together different layers of the region's past in one place.
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