The Mining Museum

The beautiful museum, like the mine, is awarded two stars in the Guide Michelin. The collection of portraits of important people connected to the mine began in the seventeenth century. This was the start of the Bergslaget Portrait Collection, one of the biggest private art collections in Sweden, now housed in the Bergslaget Salons at Stora Enso’s office in Falun.

The master engineer Christopher Polhem’s mechanical alphabet and other models were the foundation for the collection that was established at the end of the nineteenth century and given a permanent museum building in the Main Office from 1922. A copy of this building was constructed in 1966, when the original had to be demolished because of the expansion of mining in the Great Pit.

Some of the original interiors and the exhibitions were transferred to the new museum. Today the Mining Museum shows the history of the mine, the history of copper and iron production, collections of models, cabinets of minerals and coins. Film shows, temporary exhibitions, special events and guided tours are arranged.

Opening hours:

August 9 – September 26:
Mon-Sun 11-4
 
September 27 – April 30:
Closed 

Entrence-fee  50 SEK. 

Other times by arrangement.

For more information please call +46 (0)23-78 20 30.

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