| Location: | Saggrenda, 8km west of Kongsberg, towards Notodden. |
| Open: |
Museum:
SEP to 16-MAY daily 12-16, closed on Holydays.
17-MAY to AUG daily 10-17.
Mine tours: 18-MAY to 29-MAY daily 10, 12, 14. 30-MAY to 14-AUG daily 10-15. 15-AUG to 31-AUG daily 10, 12, 14. SEP to OCT Mon-Sat 14, Sun 12, 14. [2005] |
| Fee: |
Museum:
Adults NOK 50, Children (6-18) NOK 10, Students NOK 30, Seniors NOK 30, Family NOK 110. Groups (20+): Adults NOK 45, Children NOK 9, Students NOK 27, Seniors NOK 27. Mine tours: Adults NOK 125, Children (6-18) NOK 50, Students NOK 80, Seniors NOK 80, Family NOK 300. Groups (20+): Adults NOK 112.50, Children NOK 45, Students NOK 72, Seniors NOK 72. [2005] |
| Classification: |
 Silver Mine
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| Light: | electric. |
| Dimension: | |
| Guided tours: | V=40,000/a. |
| Bibliography: | |
| Address: |
Norsk Bergverksmuseum, Hyttegata 3, N-3601 Kongsberg, Tel: +47-32-723200, Fax: +47-32-723210.
E-mail: Norsk Bergverksmuseum, Postboks 18, N-3602 Kongsberg. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:28:29 $ |
| 1623 | first silver discovered. | |
| 1770 | Kongsberg second largest town in Norway, more than 4,000 men employed at the Silver Mining Company. | |
| 1844 | furnace built, which is now home to the museum. | |
| 1938 | museum founded. | |
| 1958 | silver mining ended. |
The Norsk Bergverksmuseum (Norwegian Mining Museum) is a museum located in the center of Kongsberg. It shows various exhibits like tools, machinery, documents, and pictures of the local silver mining. Impressive is the Native Silver collection, some of the best silver specimens from the Kongsberg silver mines are on exhibit. But the mineral collection also contains a large number of other Norwegian minerals.
About 8km from the museum is the Sølvgruve, the old silver mine, which is also part of the museum. Meeting poit is the Sakkerhusene, with a cafe and museum shop. A mine train on a 800mm gauge, pulled by diesel locomotives, brings the visitors 2,300m into the tunnel of the Kongens Gruve (King's mine). The show mine is located 342m below the surface.
The high time of the silver mining was during the 18th century. In 1770 Kongsberg was the second largest town in Norway. More than 4,000 men were employed at this time by the Silver Mining Company.
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