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.- Opening hours: Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM—3:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: working life museum
- Also known as: “Falu Gruva”, “Falu Gruva Falu koppargruva”, “Falu Gruva museum”, “Falu koppargruva med Creutz lave och konsthjulhus”, “Falun Mine”, “Gruvmuseet”, “Muzej rudnika bakra Falun”, and “Рудник Большой Медной Горы”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ernst Rolf’s birthplace and Dalarnas Museum.
Ernst Rolf’s birthplace
Café
Ernst Rolf’s birthplace is a café, which is situated 400 metres east of Mine museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Pit and Falun Mine.
Falun Mine
Locality
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
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: working life museum, architectural ensemble, mining museum, mine, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Falun Municipality, Dalarna, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.60023° or 60° 36′ 1″ north
Longitude
15.6166° or 15° 36′ 60″ east
Levels
2
Height
14 metres (46 feet)
Roof shape
gambrel
Open location code
9FGQJJ28+3J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Mine museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “museu de la mina Falun”
- Dutch: “Falun-kopermijn”
- Esperanto: “Faluna Mino”
- French: “mine de cuivre Falun”
- French: “Mine de cuivre Falun”
- German: “Bergwerk von Falun”
- German: “Falun Kupferbergwerk Museum”
- Hindi: “फालुन तांबे की खान”
- Malayalam: “ഫലൂൺ ചെമ്പ് ഖനി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Falu gruva”
- Russian: “Музей медного рудника в Фалун”
- Slovenian: “rudnik bakra Falun”
- 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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