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Bohemian Museum of Silver
Tour the medieval mining shafts and tunnels, and learn more about ore processing and the life of miners at Bohemian Museum of Silver. A Gothic building houses the museum, which opened in 1996. Discover the history of the castle, contemplate the lifestyle of silver nobility, and imagine the silver rush heyday. One tour reveals the silver mining process, and you'll see a replica of a medieval mine and its original, horse-powered mining machine. A miners' village in the garden features log buildings, mining shelters, an ore-washing gutter, smelting furnace, and figurines of miners at work. Plan to see Bohemian Museum of Silver and other attractions that appeal to you using our Kutna Hora sightseeing planning site.
Bohemian Museum of Silver reviews
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We went to explore Kutna Hora and I figured as a city built on silver, we HAD to go to the mining museum. We did not book ahead of time for an English tour and you cannot go on the tour without a...
We went to explore Kutna Hora and I figured as a city built on silver, we HAD to go to the mining museum. We did not book ahead of time for an English tour and you cannot go on the tour without a... more »
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It was a good and fun experience to go on. The tour guides were very helpful and kind. The stalagmites and stalactites were beautiful. It was fun seeing the mine in the dark.
It was a good and fun experience to go on. The tour guides were very helpful and kind. The stalagmites and stalactites were beautiful. It was fun seeing the mine in the dark. more »
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Amazing experience, with a kind and knowledgeable guide. When I arrived at the museum, the final tour of the day (in Czech, and I only speak English) had already begun 15 minutes earlier. Rather than turn me away, a guide at the office personally guided me through the mine in English, following behind the Czech group. She was incredibly knowledgeable and provided interesting facts about the mines and it's workers through the years. The tunnels stretch on for untold miles, honeycombing the earth. This is truly an experience to remember.
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I took the underground mine guided tour. The tour was conducted in English and despite the guides apologies about her English, I understood her just fine. The guide went in to a lot of detail about the history of mining in Kutna Hora, the equipment used and the lives of the miners. Then followed a tour down into what used to be one of the actual silver mines of Kutna Hora, back in it's heydays of mining. The safety precautions requires that we all wore hardhats with a light attached, plus overalls to protect our clothes. Personally I had a lot of fun going into the mines. The guide stops at points of interest and seeing the condition under which miners worked was very enlightening. At one point in the tour, everyone switched off their lights. In the pitch black, it made me really appreciate my office based jobs. A really enjoyable tour.
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