Mining Museum โ€” Montecatini Val di Cecina

OPENING HOURS / GUIDED TOUR

OPENING HOURS

APRIL 1 TO APRIL 24
Saturday and Sunday
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 15.00

EASTER, EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 25
Sunday 9, Monday 10 and 25 April
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 15.00

FROM APRIL 27 TO MAY 31
From Thursday to Sunday and May 1st
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 15.00 โ€” 17.00

FROM JUNE 1 TO AUGUST 31
Thursday to Sunday and 15 August
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 16.00 โ€” 18.00

FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30
From Thursday to Sunday
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 15.00 โ€” 17.00

FROM OCTOBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 30
Sunday and November 1st
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 15.00 โ€” 16.30

The visit itinerary

Museo delle miniere

Starting from the firยญst extracยญtion well of the 30s of the nineยญteenth cenยญtuยญry, we will go up to its symยญbol tower, the Alfredo well with its 320 meters depth and its extracยญtion system with tubs still intact.

Museo delle Miiere

After pasยญsing throuยญgh the old carยญpenยญtry we then enter the fasciยญnaยญting underยญground world and can exploยญre a part of the main galยญleยญry also knoยญwn as โ€œbelยญly of the whaยญleโ€.

Museo delle Miniere

After visiยญting the ex manaยญgeยญment offiยญces and the laboยญraยญtoยญry for cheยญmiยญcal anaยญlyยญses, the guiยญded tour of the Mining Park will end outยญdoors in the preยญmiยญses of the ex-mineral washing plant.

Discenderia

It is also posยญsiยญble to walk along the rouยญte of the Mine Descent, the access tunยญnel to the mineโ€™s underยญground, on defiยญned days and times: a 200 small steps rouยญte that reaยญches a depth of about 100 metres.

The Museum offers three types of guiยญded tours:

Guided tour of the Mining Park

Alfredo Shaft, galยญleยญry and ex workยญshops. Duration of the guiยญded tour is approยญxiยญmaยญteยญly 1 hour and 15 minutes.
The rouยญte does not preยญsent any parยญtiยญcuยญlar difยญfiยญculยญties. Suitable for all adulยญts and chilยญdren of at leaยญst 4 years of age. It is comยญpulยญsoยญry to wear cloยญsed shoes and to bring someยญthing to cover oneยญself when walยญking throuยญgh the galยญleยญry. There are stairs along the rouยญte. Small dogs may enter but must be held during the galยญleยญry tour.

Guided tour of the Mining Park and Mine Descent

Alfredo Shaft, galยญleยญry, ex workยญshops and mine descent. Duration of guiยญded tour is approยญxiยญmaยญteยญly two hours.
Only on speยญciยญfic days and times and for a maxiยญmum of 8 persons.
In addiยญtion to visiยญting the Mining Park the itiยญneยญraยญry incluยญdes a descent via, a stairยญcaยญse to a depth of about 100 metres (mine descent). The rouยญte is not accesยญsiยญble to perยญsons with reduยญced mobiยญliยญty or thoยญse unaยญble to move indeยญpenยญdenยญtly; it is only accesยญsiยญble to chilยญdren aged 12 and over if accomยญpaยญnied by at leaยญst one adult. It is manยญdaยญtoยญry to wear trekยญking shoes and to bring someยญthing to cover oneยญself for walยญking throuยญgh the galยญleยญry. Animals are not allowed.

Guided tour of the Mining Park, Wind Farm, Muraglione Dam and Oratory of Santa Barbara

Duration of the guiยญded tour about three and a half hours.

Itinerary of historical-naturalistic inteยญreยญst. During the rouยญte it will be posยญsiยญble to obserยญve both the firยญst public-owned wind farm plaยญced on the hills overยญlooยญking the mine at an altiยญtuยญde of about 600 meters and the Muraglione dam, a comยญplex for damยญming the water necesยญsaยญry for washing the extracยญted mineยญral, reoยญpeยญned to the public sinยญce April 2023 and set in a beauยญtiยญful natuยญral habiยญtat. The itiยญneยญraยญry also incluยญdes a visit to the Oratory of Santa Barbara, of which the earยญlieยญst records date back to 1660 dediยญcaยญted to the cult of the Madona of Caporciano. Rebuilt in 1789, in 1842 the oraยญtoยญry was dediยญcaยญted to the patron saint of miners, Santa Barbara. Inside is the painยญting of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a valuaยญble work by Mexican painยญter Juan Rodrรญguez Xuรกrez.
Guided tour by reserยญvaยญtion only for groups of miniยญmum 20 parยญtiยญciยญpanยญts.
Contact the museum. Cost Adults โ‚ฌ 15.00 โ€” Children 6 to 12 years old โ‚ฌ 10.00

4,6/5
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  • Sunday morยญning spent in excelยญlent comยญpaยญny immerยญsed in histoยญry betยญween the earยญly nineยญteenth and earยญly twenยญtieth cenยญtuยญries: preยญpaยญred guiยญde, you would stay hours listeยญning to her. Sublime landยญscaยญpe, to go back absolutely.

  • We spent a very inteยญreยญsting day, the guiยญde was very very preยญpaยญred and explaiยญned eveยญryยญthing to us. We will be back next year.

  • A sugยญgeยญstiยญve plaยญce nestled in the hills of the upper Cecina valยญley. The galยญleยญries and the district are well preยญserยญved and mainยญtaiยญned. Perfect for chilยญdren and families.

  • I recomยญmend you to go and see the museum and the mine, two hours in the comยญpaยญny of the guiยญde Andrea explains very well.

  • Must see, highly recomยญmend! A uniยญque expeยญrienยญce. Excursion suiยญtaยญble for adulยญts and children.

  • Beautiful plaยญce and wonยญderยญful landscape.

  • Here we underยญstand that human ingeยญnuiยญty has no limiยญts if it wanยญts to. The guiยญde is very preยญpaยญred. Certainly inteยญreยญsting for chilยญdren too.

  • Definitely a plaยญce to visit. Rich in histoยญry and well explaiยญned by knoยญwยญledยญgeaยญble staff.

  • Beautiful expeยญrienยญce. The mine is a glimpยญse of the past that is realยญly worth seeing. The staff are very friendยญly and show a great pasยญsion for what they do. External visit but aboยญve all visit also insiยญde the mine excaยญvaยญtions. Very nice.

  • Beautiful. Very good guide.

  • Beautiful visit for adulยญts and chilยญdren. It lasts about an hour mostly outยญdoors and for a short distanยญce in the tunยญnel. Our guiยญde Mariangela was comยญpeยญtent on the mine and on the terยญriยญtoยญry and also very nice. Recommended.

  • Very inteยญreยญsting plaยญce and preยญpaยญred and engaยญging guiยญde. Willing to move a booยญking to the last.

  • A jourยญney throuยญgh time to discoยญver hard work accomยญpaยญnied by a traiยญned and engaยญging guiยญde. Highly recomยญmenยญded for adulยญts and children.