Mine museum
Mine museum is a museum in Falun Municipality, Dalarna. Mine museum is situated nearby to the tourism office Falu Coppermine, as well as near the museum Exhibition on mining ropes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM—3:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: working life museum
- Also known as: “Falu Gruva”, “Falun Mine”, and “Gruvmuseet”
- Roof shape: gambrel
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ernst Rolf’s birthplace and Bult Karl-Eriks stuga.
Ernst Rolf’s birthplace
Café
Photo: Historiker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ernst Rolf’s birthplace is a café, which is situated 400 metres east of Mine museum.
Bult Karl-Eriks stuga
House
Photo: Mojj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bult Karl-Eriks stuga is a house, which is situated 330 metres east of Mine museum.
Falun city library
Library
Photo: Vitplister, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Falun city library is situated 1 km northeast of Mine museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Pit and Falun Mine.
Falun Mine
Locality
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Falun Mine was a mine in Falun, Sweden, that operated for a millennium from the 10th century to 1992. It produced as much as two-thirds of Europe's copper needs and helped fund many of Sweden's wars in the 17th century.
Falun
Photo: Fabimaru, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Falun is the administrative centre of the Dalarna province in Sweden. It's the largest town in the area with about 40,000 inhabitants, slightly more than its close neighbour and friendly rival Borlänge.
Mine museum
- Categories: copper mine, working life museum, architectural ensemble, tourist attraction, mining museum, building, and tourism
- Location: Falun Municipality, Dalarna, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.60023° or 60° 36′ 1″ northLongitude
15.6166° or 15° 36′ 60″ eastLevels
2Height
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
9FGQJJ28+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 87819711OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gambrelWikidata ID
Q15107508
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Mine museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “museu de la mina Falun”
- Dutch: “Falu Gruva”
- Dutch: “Falun-kopermijn”
- Esperanto: “Faluna Mino”
- French: “mine de cuivre Falun”
- French: “Mine de cuivre Falun”
- German: “Bergwerk von Falun”
- German: “Falu Gruva”
- German: “Falun Kupferbergwerk Museum”
- Hindi: “फालुन तांबे की खान”
- Malayalam: “ഫലൂൺ ചെമ്പ് ഖനി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Falu gruva”
- Russian: “Музей медного рудника в Фалун”
- Russian: “Рудник Большой Медной Горы”
- Slovenian: “Falu Gruva”
- Slovenian: “Muzej rudnika bakra Falun”
- Slovenian: “rudnik bakra Falun”
- Swedish: “Falu Gruva Falu koppargruva”
- Swedish: “Falu Gruva museum”
- Swedish: “Falu koppargruva med Creutz lave och konsthjulhus”
- Swedish: “Falu koppargruva”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Falu Coppermine and Exhibition on mining ropes.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Bergets Matsal and Entrance to the mine.
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