the The Minister of Labor, Georges Mischo, visited the MNM and was impressed by the exhibition and the historical importance of the Minette region to Luxembourg's economic development. He was welcomed and accompanied by MNM president Henri Haine, members of our board of directors and the staff.
Safety training for the entire MNM team is required every year to ensure visitor safety. This time, Gilles Krier and the Rumelange fire department demonstrated how an injured person is evacuated from the gallery, while Guy Hoffmann and Joe Merres refreshed first-aid skills on site.
The MNM Annual General Meeting drew a very positive balance sheet: last year, we once again welcomed 11,900 visitors. Thanks to the many guides and train drivers, staff and volunteers, the mine remains an important tourist attraction in Luxembourg.
Delegations from the MNM Board of Directors and the Trail organizer "Escher Kulturlaf" have met to ensure the smooth running of a unique experience for runners through our mine. Registration opens on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at: https: //tdm.lu/
The MNM Board of Directors invited the museum’s staff, guides, train drivers and volunteers to a New Year’s drink with a good bite as grateful recognition. A big tank you from the whole team.
In 2025, our museum is open every Sunday in the off-season, in any weather, for young and old. The MNM presents the industrial history of an entire epoch (1870 – 1997) for almost two hours during a guided tour mine & train. You can also discover the culture of the miners up close in the original places where they worked hard, and let us tell you a number of interesting anecdotes from our guides. From January to March and from October to mid-December, our museum is open every Sunday afternoon wit [...]
on february 23th, march 23th and 30th + 7 more dates On a tour of about 3 km you go through the main gallery of the Walert over into the mine Langengrund. There our historian will show and explain to you rooms and galleries that are nomally inaccessible to the public. Before the Walert und Langengund mines were closed in the 1960s, they had developed a network of galleries on an area of 80 hectares. Our guide shows you among other things the place where Jean-Pierre Bausch died in a work accident [...]
The day of St. Barbara was celebrated in honor of the miners with a parade through the city, a memorial ceremony in front of the monument for the miners, a mass in our tunnel and a tasty lunch at the cultural center.
on 23 and 24 November Experience the underground world with a guided tour featuring carbide lamps, the iconic lamp that illuminated the path for miners. Discover the rich history and challenges faced by those who toiled in the depths, only illuminated by the warm glow of carbide lamps. Start times: 2 pm, 3 pm and 4 pm Booking and tickets: https://mnm.regiondo.com/visite-speciale-a-la-lumiere-des-lampes-a-carbure
The Museum’s « Technical Service » embarked on the ambitious restauration of a wheel loader type Eimco 912, breathing new life into a piece of history. A delegation of the MNM picked up that engine end of January 2024 in Recklinghausen’s training mine. Design sans titre - 1 Design sans titre - 1