Mining Museum – Ševčínský Důl

The Mining Museum in Příbram, founded in 1886, is the largest mining museum in the Czech Republic. It offers 61 permanent exhibitions in Příbram and branches in the Vojna Lešetice Memorial, the Vysoký Chlumec Open-Air Museum, the Nový Knín Gold Museum and the Prostřední Lhota Granary Museum.
The expositions of the Mining Open-Air Museum in Březové Hory, located in the historical operational and administrative buildings of the Ševčinský, Anenský and Vojtěšský mines, present the rich mining past associated with the mining of silver, uranium and other ores. The museum allows you to ride two mining trains on the surface and underground, tours of several kilometers of galleries, elevator rides, a ride on a 51 m long slide to the Drkolnov mine to a giant water wheel with a diameter of 12 m, acquaintance with unique steam mining machines, an extensive mineralogical collection, miners’ folklore and many other attractions.