Underground Mining Museum Pernik

Подземният минен музей

Useful Information

Location:	pl. "Sveti Ivan Rilski" 1, 2300 Tsentar, Pernik, Bulgarien. (42.609536, 23.029250)
Open:	All year daily 9-16. Tours Mon-Fri every half hour, Sat, Sun, Hol every hour on the full hour. [2020]
Fee:	Adults BGN 5, Students BGN 2, Seniors BGN 2. English tour: Adults BGN 10. [2020]
Classification:	Coal Mine
Light:	Incandescent
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Address:	Underground Mining Museum, pl. "Sveti Ivan Rilski" 1, 2300 Tsentar, Pernik, Tel: +359-76-603-737. Reservation, +359-882-990-222. E-mail:
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History

1891	mine opened.
1953	City Museum established.
1957	first exhibition opened.
1959	became the Regional National Museum.
1966	mine cloased.
1968	became the Regional Historical Museum Pernik, administrative and structural changes.
1973	Historical Museum exposition opened.
1978	museum renovated.

Description

The Подземният минен музей (Underground Mining Museum) is located inside two former mine tunnels. In 30 stops the history of coal mining, from manual extraction, over mine carts pulled by horses to the modern mining machinery is presented. The mining museum is part of the Pernik Regional History Museum, which is distributed on several building in the huge park. The tunnels are also used for events on occasion, for example there has been a fashion show a few years ago. But as the space is very limited it depends on the size of the event.