Musée Les Mineurs Wendel – Parc Explor Wendel

Over het museum

Coal mining began in Petite-Rosselle in 1856. The Wendel and Vuillemin shafts were sunk from 1862; the mine was nationalised in 1946, and extraction ended at the Wendel site in 1989. In 1985 a centre for scientific and technical culture was created for the Lorraine coalfield; it received the site in 1988, and in 1991 the decision was taken to build a museum.

Work to prepare the site for visitors began in 1993. The underground galleries opened to the public in 2006, and the museum itself in July 2012, in the former administrative building of the mine, the oldest part of which dates from 1866. The headframe of Wendel shaft 2, listed as a historic monument, is the oldest metal headframe in the basin.

The museum trail follows the working day of a miner: the hanging room (salle des pendus), showers, lamp room and tag office. It presents around 160 objects, models, films and testimonies about 170 years of coal mining in Lorraine. The mine visit, led by former miners or mediators, descends in a cage to the galleries.

Hoogtepunten

• The miner's trail: hanging room, showers, lamp room, tag office
• Guided visit of the Wendel mine with a descent by cage
• Around 160 objects, models and films on Lorraine coal
• Headframe of Wendel shaft 2, listed as a historic monument
• Testimonies from former miners and visits to the mining estates

Vaste collectie

• Musée Les Mineurs Wendel – The miner's trail in the former administrative building, with the hanging room, changing rooms, lamp room, objects, models and films on 170 years of coal in Lorraine.
• La Mine Wendel – Underground guided visit with a descent by cage, fluorescent model, galleries and machines brought up from the depths, ending with a film about a miner's working day.

Opgericht

2012

Beheerder

Syndicat mixte du Musée de la Mine

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 43.700 (2013)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Rates for the museum alone (adults from 16); the combined museum and mine visit costs €15. Free for children aged 0 to 5 and, on proof, for companions of disabled visitors, culture professionals, teachers, journalists and holders of the Pass Pro card. The reduced rate also applies to holders of a Völklinger Hütte ticket and former employees of the Charbonnages de France. The Saarland Card gives free access to the site.

Toegankelijkheid

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

Accessible parking spaces, paved paths on the site and in the exhibition areas, reception, toilets and café adapted, lowered furniture and wider circulation in the museum. The mine lifts serve all galleries and the mine trail is accessible to people with reduced mobility. Induction loops on the museum's audio points, large-print texts (size 18) available at reception, and on request an adapted welcome for people with intellectual disabilities. Only guide dogs for the blind are admitted in the exhibition areas.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops

The site presents the mine visit as suitable for children and people with reduced mobility. Child rate from age 6, free for ages 0 to 5, and family pass. The mine trail is on foot.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

From the A320 (towards Saarbrücken), take exit 42 Forbach/Petite-Rosselle; from the A620 (towards Saarlouis), take exit 8 Geislautern, then the L165 towards Grande-Rosselle. Access via Rue du Lieutenant Joseph Nau, then follow the museum signs.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museumwinkel

Café Kaffeeklatsch (hot and cold drinks, seasonal cakes, ice cream) and Le Mine904 restaurant. Shop with over 250 items, accessible without an entry ticket. Picnic areas. Security check at the entrance; large bags and suitcases are not allowed.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen

Tot 400 personen.

Flexible rooms for meetings, seminars, conferences, training, general meetings, cocktails and parties for up to 400 people, with Wi-Fi, screen or projector. Catering, museum visits and accommodation at the site's gîte are possible.

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