Exhibition mine

Last updated May 13, 2025

An exhibition mine is a mine that is accessible to the public and contains exhibitions about that particular mine and about the coal industry in general, effectively doubling as a museum.

Notable exhibition mines

Cape Breton Miners Museum - Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
El Chiflón del Diablo - Arauco Basin, Chile
Fell Exhibition Slate Mine - Trier, Germany
Phillips-Sprague Mine - on the National Register of Historic Places in New River Park, Beckley, West Virginia ^[1]
Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine - Pocahontas, Virginia, United States^[2]
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá - Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia
Wieliczka Salt Mine – Wieliczka, southern Poland

References

↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
↑ "POCAHONTAS EXHIBITION MINE". dmme.virginia.gov. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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[1] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[2] "POCAHONTAS EXHIBITION MINE". dmme.virginia.gov. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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