--- title: "The Upper Harz Mining Museum" url: "https://www.braunlage.de/en/poi/the-upper-harz-mining-museum" description: "The Upper Harz Mining Museum - Das Oberharzer BergwerksmuseumFounded in 1892, the oldest mining museum in Germany has one of the most extensive collections of technological and cultural history in the region. All machinery and equipment display the high technological mining achievements of the 18th and 19th century, and are well preserved. Some of the highlights of the permanent exhibition are a mock-up of the former \"Mountain School\" and the historical teaching models - the forerunner of today's Clausthal Technical University - and an original piece of wire rope from 1834, \"Albert-Rope\", named after Julius Albert, who invented it in Clausthal in 1834.Also visit the \"Radstube Rosenhof Pit Tower\", an icon of industrial culture, the \"Kaiser-Wilhelm-shaft II\", the monument of historical technology and the above-ground facilities of the Ottiliae-Pit, which illustrates the impressive industrial phase of the Upper Harz mining and the subsequent use of the shafts to generate electricity." language: "en" type: "Place" image: "https://dam.destination.one/202718/76d26390740317a9251852563d80f15f56d2a63a383373732032cc7bb207c10e/.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Braunlage - Das Herz im Harz > Special > Destination.Data Details > Poi" --- Share The Upper Harz Mining Museum ============================ - Show mine - UNESCO World Heritage Upper Harz Water Management System - Tourist mine Founded in 1892, the oldest mining museum in Germany has one of the most extensive collections of technological and cultural history in the region. **The Upper Harz Mining Museum - Das Oberharzer Bergwerksmuseum** Founded in 1892, the oldest mining museum in Germany has one of the most extensive collections of technological and cultural history in the region. All machinery and equipment display the high technological mining achievements of the 18th and 19th century, and are well preserved. Some of the highlights of the permanent exhibition are a mock-up of the former "Mountain School" and the historical teaching models - the forerunner of today's Clausthal Technical University - and an original piece of wire rope from 1834, "Albert-Rope", named after Julius Albert, who invented it in Clausthal in 1834. Also visit the "Radstube Rosenhof Pit Tower", an icon of industrial culture, the "Kaiser-Wilhelm-shaft II", the monument of historical technology and the above-ground facilities of the Ottiliae-Pit, which illustrates the impressive industrial phase of the Upper Harz mining and the subsequent use of the shafts to generate electricity. Read more Good to know ------------ Openings See homepage Read more Price info see website Read more Directions & Parking facilities parking available Read more Author Harzer Tourismusverband e.V.Marktstraße 45 D-38640 Goslar Organization Harzer Tourismusverband e.V. License (master data) Harzer Tourismusverband e.V. Nearby ------ View on map - Place of interest - Show mine - Show mine - Show mine - Tours 0.35 km - Cross-country 28.92 km - Mountain bike 27.14 km - Mountain bike Contact **Das Oberharzer Bergwerksmuseum** Bornhardtstraße 16 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld