The imposing building of the mining museum with a clock tower is copper red. The large tower on the right is copper red and jade green.

Mining museum in the Ore Mountains

Oelsnitz, Germany

The mining museum is a listed industrial building dating back to 1895/1935 and is located in a former mine. After the shaft was closed in 1971, it was converted into a museum and finally opened in 1986. Subsequently, further extensive renovation and modernization measures were carried out. DOYMA supplied the necessary sealing systems as part of this project, which involved a total investment of around 23 million euros.

Experience the mining museum in the Ore Mountains

The newly designed permanent exhibition now features famous personalities from the coal mining industry. In addition, the architecturally striking winding tower is once again accessible so that visitors can experience it first-hand. They also gain a vivid insight into the world underground and thus into the everyday life of miners at the time.

The extensive reconstruction and the associated structural changes have created a unique exhibition mine.

Experience the world of coal.

The mining museum on their website

The Erzgebirgskreis district authority from Annaberg-Buchholz was the client for these complex renovation measures. IPRO Consult GmbH was responsible for the general planning in collaboration with KEM Kommunalentwicklung Mitteldeutschland GmbH for the project planning/design – both based in Dresden . One structural challenge was the careful sealing of media pipes and the fresh concrete composite sealing against pressing water. For this purpose, DOYMA supplied various Curaflex® and Curaflex Nova® sealing systems via STARK Deutschland GmbH from Schwarzenberg-Grünstädtel and the specialist wholesaler for plumbing and heating, Sächsische Haustechnik EDKI KG from Hartenstein, which were installed by the contractors Wolfgang Scharnagl GmbH from Annaberg-Buchholz and Heizungsbau Glückauf eG from Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge.

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The mining museum is housed in a large copper-red building with a striking tower in copper red and jade green.

© A. Gaube, Mining museum Exterior view

The mining museum is housed in a large copper-red building with a striking tower in copper red and jade green. In front of it stands a large crane, cordoned off with yellow partitions.

© G. Lorenz, Coal boom scene

Old freight cars are located in a factory building, surrounded by industrial equipment.

© G. Lorenz, Suspended bench

A woman stands in an exhibition room about mining, including old machinery and information about the region's mining history.

© G. Lorenz, Coal boom scene

Visualization of the mining museum building surrounded by pedestrians moving nearby.

© IPROconsult KEM, Oelsnitz Mining Museum

3D visualization of the mining museum building with stairs, combining contemporary design and accessibility.

© IPROconsult KEM, Exterior view with stairs

3D visualization of the interior of the mining museum, which combines contemporary design and functionality.

© IPROconsult KEM, The new entrance area

DOYMA products installed

The Mining Museum is the only museum sponsored by the Erzgebirgskreis and part of the kul(T)our Eigenbetrieb. It receives financial support from the Erzgebirge-Mittelsachsen cultural region as well as project-related support from the Free State of Saxony and the Saxon State Office for Museums.

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