MNM-Stammdësch: Conference about the geology of the Minette
3.03.2025
Robert Colbach, Director of the "Service géologique de l'État", presents some aspects of the complex geological evolution of the Minette. Topics include the age and formation of the iron ore, as well as its mineralogical composition and structure. Meet us on Thursday, March 27 at 8:00 pm in our multi-purpose room in the reception building. Language: Luxembourgish. Everyone is cordially invited. Admission is free.
New Year’s reception for the MNM team
12.02.2025
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.
MNM-Conference: Photos as a source of mining history
22.01.2025
To write the history of the Luxembourg mines you need many different sources, and photos are among the most interesting. Using the example of some pictures from the archive of the MNM, Denis Klein shows the difficulties of taking photos in a mine containing the information that the historian can draw from the images. The conference takes place on Thursday, January 30th at 8 pm in the multipurpose room of our reception building. Language: Luxembourgish. Everyone is welcome. The admission is free.
Special tour “Lost Places”
9.01.2025
on 19 October and 26 October and on the 30 November 2025 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 acci [...]
MNM Stammdësch : Conferences about the history of the “Minett”
11.12.2024
Our museum has also scheduled a cycle of conferences on the history of regional iron ore mining for 2025. In a pleasant atmosphere, historians, witnesses and other specialists come to speak to shed more light on an aspect of history. Our conference meetings take place from January to April on the last Thursday of each month at 8:00 pm. We will inform you about the topics in a timely manner. Everyone is welcome. The participation is free of charge.
Rumelange: The day of St. Barbara in honor of the miners
5.12.2024
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.
MNM Stammdësch: The engineering profession at the ARBED
15.11.2024
Tursday, November 28 at 8 pm - Free admission From iron mines to financial risks, through contact with customers and human resources, Jean Goniva’s career illustrates the versatility of the engineering profession. A member of the MNM Board of Directors, he looks back on his almost 40 years in the service of ARBED and the steel industry. The conference takes place on Thursday, November 28th 2024 at 8 pm in the multipurpose room of our reception building. Language: Luxembourgish. Everyone is welco [...]
“Minett Treasures Kidsday” on October 19th
15.10.2024
The MNM is at the “Minett Treasures Kidsday” on 19 October in the „Centre Nature et Forêt Ellergonn“ in Esch/Alzette from 10 am to 6 pm. We present different types of miners' lights with fire, flames, strange smells and little surprises.
Restauration of the wheel loader Eimco 912
2.08.2024
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 National Mine Museum picked up that engine end of January 2024 in Recklinghausen’s training mine. Design sans titre - 1 Design sans titre - 1
Trail des Mines 2024: behind the scenes
4.07.2024
In addition to the staff of the organizer, a team of volunteers, guides and of the staff of the MNM led by the coordinator of the technical service, Raymond Hoffmann, was on duty to ensure the tunnel safety. A big thank you to them all.