Écomusée des mines de fer de Lorraine

Over het museum

The Écomusée des mines de fer de Lorraine is run by the association AMOMFERLOR and comprises two sites that can be visited: the Neufchef mine museum and the one at Aumetz. The Neufchef site is recognized by the French state as a Musée de France.

At Neufchef, a 90-minute guided tour follows the evolution of miners' work between the 1830s and the 1980s in genuine iron-mine galleries. The 800-meter underground route illustrates 150 years of mining. The museum complements the tour with three exhibition rooms, one of which was fully renovated in 2014.

The collections cover the geology of the iron-ore basin, the smelting of ore with a large 1:16-scale model of a blast furnace, miners' trades and safety, and social and family life in the mining housing estates. The museum also presents a collection of 250 miners' lamps, described as the most complete in France, and filmed testimonies from former miners. Mining and rail vehicles can be seen freely outdoors on the pit-head area (carreau).

Hoogtepunten

• 90-minute guided tour through 800 m of underground galleries
• Collection of 250 miners' lamps
• Blast furnace model at 1:16 scale
• 43 scale models of mining vehicles
• Filmed testimonies from former miners
• Mining and rail vehicles on the pit-head area

Vaste collectie

• La mine de fer de Neufchef – A 90-minute guided tour through 800 meters of underground galleries, showing how miners' work changed from 1830 to 1980.
• Le musée des mines de fer de Neufchef – Three rooms on geology and ore, trades, lamps and miners' safety, and social life in the mining housing estates.

Opgericht

1983

Beheerder

Association AMOMFERLOR

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

2026 rates, identical at Neufchef and Aumetz.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The Neufchef mine and its museum are listed as accessible to people with reduced mobility and to people with motor, intellectual or psychological impairments. The underground route is also announced as accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speeltuin / speelhoek
• Kinderfeestjes

Playground in a wooded setting near the Neufchef museum. Birthday parties for children aged 6 to 12, from 7 children, with an animated tour of the galleries. Children's activities take place on some days, for example at Halloween.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car: motorway A30 Metz–Longwy, exit Hayange/Neufchef, then towards Neufchef (diversion due to roadworks in central Hayange). Museum address: 2 rue du musée, 57700 Neufchef.

Service & horeca

• Restaurant
• Museumwinkel

Restaurant Le Relais du musée (+33 3 82 84 74 37), open to individuals and groups. Multipurpose room for school groups who bring their own lunch. Shop with around 400 items on the mining world and Lorraine. Modular 130-seat conference room.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

The site has a modular 130-seat conference room and a restaurant that host festive events and seminars.

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