SPECIAL OPENING AND CONDITIONS (2021 INSTRUCTIONS) : The Museum will be closed this year due to renovations. |
Marcel Maulini's Mining Museum, 24 Grande rue, 70250 RONCHAMP
Contact :
- Reception : 03 84 20 70 50
- Email : contact@mineronchamp.fr
- Website : www.mineronchamp.fr
[ Usual opening times :
- From April 1st to October 31th : from Tuesday to Friday, 10am - 12pm and 1:30pm - 5:30pm / Saturday and Sunday : 2pm- 5:30pm
- From November 1st to March 31st : from Tuesday to Saturday, 1:30pm - 5:30pm
Guided tours for groups from 10 people, booking required.
Closed on bank holidays and during Christmas holidays ]
For 200 years, coal mining has modified the landscape and the history of the Ronchamp area. Marcel Maulini, a doctor, decided to create this museum to pay tribute to the miners and through has a wide collection of objects, tools, photos, this place helps visitors to understand the organisation, tools and the social realities of those bygone days.
A walking trail is dedicated to the mining heritage : the "Cités ouvrières " (company town) hiking trail. You will discover a memorial, mining gallery entrances, old company towns... during 2h / 5km.
On the way up to the Hill Notre-Dame du Haut, on the right hand side of the road, you can see the Sainte-Marie mining shaft.