Parco Museo Minerario

About

MULTIMEDIAL MUSEUM "THE PLACES OF MERCURY" The multimedial museum is a project designed by a group of italian artists known at international level. This exhibition, organized in the evocative spaces of the Ex-Officina Meccanica (the former mechanical workshop) represents a site of emotion and awesomeness. DOCUMENTARY MUSEUM "CLOCK TOWER" The Clock Tower hosts the museum and the archive of the former firm that was running the mining exploitation: the Mt. Amiata Company. Originally, part of the Tower was the core of the factory where the buildings containing the Cermak-Spirek furnaces were located UNDERGROUND PATH "DIDACTIC GALLERY LEVEL VII" After concluding the visit to the Multimedial Museum, it is possible to get on the miners' wagon and travel 250 m in a tunnel, where some working setting, including tools and machineries are reconstructed, along with the excavation front. The train route depicts some significant moments of mine work

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes