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Mining Museum – For details please refer to the Touring page.
Timeline – The timeline in the mine main hall presents a calendar of the most important events in the history of mining and metallurgical industry in Tarnowskie Góry. It allows visitors to peek into the abundant history of Tarnowskie Góry. Short descriptions are enriched by attractive photos and archival materials.
Shop and Mineral Exhibition – A treat not only for geology lovers. Not just silver and lead ores, but other attractive treasures of the Earth can be found here.
A dozen or so meters high, the dome is a place to rest after your underground roam. It pays to stay here a little longer and take a look at photos of some sites in Tarnowskie Góry and surrounding area, inscribed in July 2017 on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and also images of Bytom Narrow Gauge Railway, castles, palaces or leisure areas.
Free admission.
A short trip by a small narrow gauge railway is a treat both for children and adults. The train consists of four small carriages which can accommodate ca. 16 people. The route of this railway with track gauge of only 7¼ inches (ca. 18.5 cm), in the shape of a loop, is located in the inner part of the open air museum. The trip starts at a railway station near the mine building. This tour by our rail, among worn-out steam engines, will certainly be a memorable experience. Available from spring till autumn.
The open air museum is obligatory when you make a trip to the Historic Silver Mine. Why? Because it is the oldest and the largest collection of historic machinery and steam locomotives. A visit here will take you back in time, to the Age of Steam and its extraordinary contrivances. The oldest one was manufactured in 1883. The area of about 1 ha hosts such exhibits as: road roller, railroad crane, traction engine, numerous steam locomotives, generator, steam pumps and hoisting machines. Our youngest guests often find these much like huge colourful toys, arranged in line with their purpose. Touring is individual. Free admission.
Before the Age of Steam, such giant constructions were used in metal production. They were driven by the water power. Our exhibit has the diameter of as much as 4 m and is a faithful reconstruction of a 17th-century water wheel. This is our only exhibit not classified as a historical treasure of the steam technology.
The famous mining elevator is today an integral part of the open air museum and a good spot to take a souvenir photo. The elevator, installed in the Angel mine shaft once, served over 2.2 mln tourist in three decades. In 2009 the worn-out pit-cage was replaced by a transport elevator with much higher capacity.
From a distance they look like gravestones, but when you stroll around the open air museum, you may find it worthwhile to take a closer look at these. They are border stones of ancient mining fields. During the Industrial Revolution they were considered an efficient and very solid method of marking mining operations areas.
After your tourist shift you may want to visit the mining inn, not only to eat your fill, but also to taste local beer. The 10° Restaurant is located in the mine pithead building. Its name has not been chosen randomly. It refers to the temperature underground here in Tarnowskie Góry. The interior combines industrial design with a bit of metal mining history. Every starveling will find the menu satisfying. You may taste Silesian and Polish dishes and quick snacks here.
Visit the Restaurant’s website
Please refer to the page – How to get here – for more information on how to get to the Mine.
On 9 July 2017 eyes of the world turned to Tarnowskie Góry. During the 41st session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which took place in Krakow from 2 to 12 July, the “Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System” were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Beside the Historic Silver Mine and the Black Trout Adit, the family of the world’s most important historic monuments greeted over 20 post-mining facilities, located mainly in Tarnowskie Góry and in some parts of Bytom and the Zbrosławice commune. Historically and technically, they form a whole, connected with the extraction of silver, lead and zinc ores and underground mine drainage systems and the use of post-mining water for public water supply.
For more information on the World Heritage facilities please visit the website
www.unesco.tarnowskiegory.pl
Below we present a few of them.