Museum - Central Museum of Mining

The millennial town of Sopron has had centuries old connections with mining even before the opening of our museum. Mineral coal was first discovered in 1753 in the historical Hungary, in the woods around Sopron in the area, which is now called Brennbergbánya. Here the coal was started to be used for industrial purposes with very good results until 1951. In 1920, The School of Mining and Forestry that was transferred here from Selmecbánya according to the "Decision of Trianon" started to function in Sopron.

Permanent exhibitions

Minerals and fossils - mine treasures of the Carpathian Basin

Calcite, Quarc, Pyrite (Kapnikbánya, today: Cavnic - Romania)

The Carpathian Basin is known as an area rich in special minerals. Out of its solid mineral row materials the most known are as follows: copper, silver, ore, lead, zinc, iron ore, a bauxite, manganese, uranium, rock salt and coal.

What makes it work?

Our museum offers digital medal collection, digital substance catalogue, with which we virtually "opened" our stores. We also offer interactive guided with the help of historic energy recovery models.

History of mining education

The Building of the Collage was Located in Selmecbánya until 1919

A miner officer training school started working in Selmecbánya following the order of Charles III in 1735. The manager was Sámuel Mikoviny. The school period lasted two years. The school was given the Collage status by Mary Teresa which lead to the foundation of the Acadamy of Mining where studies of miner and smelter architect could be pursued.

Mining in the fine arts

The first thematic group of the material of our exhibition include the representation of the art of miners. Sándor Gáspár, painter was the artist representing mining topics of the last decades. His large sized artwork titled 'The Exploration of the Coal of Dorog' is the first painting the visitors meet when entering the museum. It is the opening picture of the series of pictures introducing the history of mining in Dorog.

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