Such a cool and thorough museum that really gives you a feel for the history of the region. In most of the exhibits the signs are in both French and English.
In 1741, a coal seam was discovered in Littry. It was the prelude to intense industrial activity for the next 200 years, in this once peaceful market town.
The Saint-Étienne Mine Museum is a French museum founded in 1991 in the city of Saint-Étienne in the French department of the Loire situated in the ...
An old industrial mining site that was once the lifeblood of St-Étienne has been transformed into a fascinating exhibition complex. On a 75-minute guided…
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Gives a good impression how miners earned their living in former days. You go underground (not far by the way, no need for claustrofobia). In the museum above ...