Központi Bányászati Múzeum
One of Hungary’s largest technical museums, in the Baroque Esterházy Palace in Sopron: a thousand years of mining, a mineral collection and the Élménybánya (Experience Mine) for children.
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About the museum
The Központi Bányászati Múzeum (Central Mining Museum) is one of Hungary’s largest technical museums, which preserves and presents the material relics, documents and photographs of Hungarian mining. Its central collection and largest exhibition are housed in the Baroque Esterházy Palace, one of the most beautiful buildings in the historic centre of Sopron.
The permanent exhibitions present minerals and rocks of value to mining, the applied art and fine art relics of mining, the thousand-year history of mining in Hungary, and in particular the history of mining higher education. On the 600-square-metre display, multilingual inscriptions help orientation, and visitors can also see working mining machine models and a fine mineral collection.
The most exciting part of the exhibition is an early 20th-century mine gallery into which visitors can actually crawl; in addition, an original-size reconstruction of a prehistoric flint mine, narrow galleries of medieval mines and elements of a hydraulic shield can be seen. The Élménybánya of the museum is for children: they can put on a mining helmet, slide down into the mine, travel through narrow, dark galleries, ride in a mine wagon, and try out a medieval water-lifting device.
Highlights
- Baroque Esterházy Palace in the centre of Sopron
- Walk-through early 20th-century mine gallery
- Prehistoric flint mine reconstructed at original size
- Experience Mine for children: wagon ride and slide
- Rich mineral collection
- Working mining machine models
Permanent exhibition
- Központi Bányászati Múzeum – állandó kiállítás – A thousand years of Hungarian mining history, with minerals, rocks, mining machine models, a walk-through mine gallery, a reconstructed prehistoric flint mine and relics of mining higher education.
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- Soproni Múzeum
Admission & discounts
| Adults | HUF 3,000 |
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| Reduced | HUF 1,500Visitors aged 6–26 and 62–70, pensioners, and close relatives accompanying at least two persons under 18 (up to 2 persons) |
| Children & teens | HUF 1,500free up to age 5 · Admission is free under the age of 6. |
| Seniors | HUF 1,500Ages 62–70; free over 70. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · A person with disabilities and one companion may visit free of charge. |
| Students & apprentices | HUF 1,500 |
| Groups (10+ people) | HUF 2,000 per personPre-booked adult groups of at least 10 people HUF 2,000 per person, student/pensioner groups HUF 1,000 per person; for groups of 20, two companions are free. |
| Families | HUF 6,000Supplementary child ticket: HUF 500 for each additional child. |
| Service fee | HUF 400Even free-admission visitors must pay it. |
Free admission: On the first Sunday of every month for visitors under 26 and for close relatives accompanying a visitor under 18 (up to 2 persons); on national holidays (15 March, 20 August, 23 October) for everyone.
Admission is free for teachers working in public education, holders of a professional pass and holders of the SOPRONCARD. Visitors arriving with a GYSEV train ticket receive a 20% discount within 72 hours. Payment by SZÉP card is possible at the ticket office.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
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| Family ticket | HUF 6,000 · Supplementary child ticket: HUF 500 for each additional child. |
- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
The Élménybánya is the children’s kingdom: mining helmet, leather apron, slide, narrow galleries, mine wagon and trying out the medieval water-lifting device.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | The Soproni Múzeum offers guided tours for children and museum education sessions for kindergarten, lower primary, secondary and higher education student groups. |
Museums nearby
All 12 museums in Sopron All museums in Győr-Moson-Sopron County