National Museum of Luxembourg Iron Ore Mines
The National Mining Museum ( French : Musée National des Mines de Fer Luxembourgeoises , abbreviated MNM) is a Luxembourg museum in Rümelingen , which focuses on iron ore mining from the mid-19th century to the 1980s.
history
The National Mining Museum was founded on May 4th 1973 by an initiative of the Mayor of Rumelange, André Zirves. The association that dealt with the construction of the museum facilities consisted mainly of former miners .
The museum was largely built in part of the former Walert iron ore mine , which once belonged to the Rodingen ironworks . The tunnel used , which is up to 90 m below the surface, is almost 580 m long. The temperature in the tunnel is constant at 10 ° C all year round.
In 1996/1997 the above and below ground facilities of the museum were renovated by the Luxembourg state and the European Union and in some cases considerably expanded. In 2002 the museum got two new train units, each consisting of a tractor and two passenger cars . These are used to transport guests into the tunnel. The two diesel-hydraulic locomotives were named after Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg and Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg .
In 2019, 2.5 million euros will be invested in the MNM site. On the one hand, the Walertmine is to be equipped with an installation for virtual and augmented reality, on the other hand the reception hall with its exhibition rooms is to be modernized.
Web links
- Website of the MNM
- www.rail.lu: National Ore Mine Museum - Rumelange
- Service des sites et monuments nationaux: Rumelange - Musée des mines
- MNM blog
- www.kayldall.lu: Musée National des Mines
Individual evidence
- ↑ De Kaydall : Musée National des Mines (line 18) ( Memento of the original of April 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Service des sites et monuments nationaux : Rumelange - Musée des mines (line 9) ( Memento of the original of October 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Luc Ewen: will be modernized , Luxemburger Wort of April 10, 2019.
