central mining museum (központi bányászati múzeum)

An informative museum about the mining industry, with miniature machines that is a favourite with children and adults alike. Plan about 1-1,5 hours.

We stumbled upon this Museum while walking the streets and decided to take a look. I guess we went during a very slow day/week/month, as we were followed the whole time by the woman, who would quickly walk ahead into the next room to turn on the lights, then wait until we were ready for the next. You have to walk in and out to a few different areas so the woman would lead us to each new area. You have the option to watch a DVD in one of the areas about mining in Hungary, we sat down thinking we'd only watch five minutes, ended up watching the entire half hour. Was actually really interesting even though they don't really have talking.You can also play around with some mini mine model things, push a button and watch how they operate etc.All in all, well worth a visit :) And very cheap!

Végre egy múzeum, amit a család minden tagja egyaránt élvezett. Nem is gondoltam volna, hogy a bányászok élete ilyen tiszteletre méltó és romantikus. Sokat tanultunk és remekül szórakoztunk, köszönjük!At last. This is a museum where the kids and parents, boys and girls, young or older have fun. We would never expect the life of miners was such remarkable and romantic. We had a great time and learned things as well.

An interesting museum showing the mining industry in Hungary in the old days. The exhibits are in good shape, the whole setup is pedagogic. The 1 - 2 hours I had there were well spent. There are also models of machines that children to test and play with.http://portal.sopron.hu/Sopron/portal/english_show?contentId=2138

Although staff do not know English, the museum has signs in English. The exhibits are very nicely presented and they also had a section downstairs where kids can experiment and use tools and machinery normally used by miners. A great museum to pass one hour or more. Luckily for us, it was raining the day we visited so we visited this museum at a slower pace than usual to avoid the rain.

The mining museum is a little gem off the Old Town Square. The front desk staff did not speak English, and there was no audio guide, but many of the signs throughout the museum are also in English, so you can still learn quite a bit. The museum is relatively small, but what they do have is fantastic and presented very well. You can easily spend an hour here, learning about the history of mining in Hungary.

When I arrived I was shown in instruction video on how to get information on my smart phone but the instructions said to attach to the museum wifi network but I could see no signal. That aside although the staff had limited English (and unfortunately I speak no Hungarian) they were very welcoming and helpful. There were not many visitors at the time, I was taken to the start of the tour (exhibits were labelled in English and German as well as Hungarian) and as I went around doors were opened for me at appropriate times, The working exhibits were also demonstrated. Not to most exciting of subjects but it covered the history of mining in Hungary very well

You can spend a quiet and fascninating hour or two in this much overlooked museum in the centre of the old town of Sopron. An enormous range of dazzling, colourful mineral specimens from Hungary and areas of what is now Romania. There are interesting mining artefacts as well as breathtaking objets d'art which the indusry spawned, partic. in the 18th century. The history of mining in this area is also depicted in words and pictures. Admission is not expensive either.

The museum is equipped with legends even Slovak language, so we Czechs could easily understand every detail. And it is equipped with special area for children where they can play while parents visit the rest of the museum.

This is a relatively big and exciting museum for those who are interested in mining, but also very interesting for those who are not, including children. Science, art, politics and everyday life associated with mining is shown here. The museum has 2 floors plus a basement and a courtyard. The exhibition starts on the upper floor with a load of several different coal types and minerals. Then it continues with paintings, mugs, bowls, plaquettes, clothes and other objects that were used by miners from the middle ages until nowadays. Some rooms are dedicated to old documents from the history of mining - documents, photos and flags from the communist era are quite interesting. On the ground floor and the basement there are the tools used in mining. starting with the simple hammer, then bogies, horse-powered and steam-engined machines, and also the latest electric spade machines wich are bigger than a house so only parts of it can be seen. Some of these can be touched and some can be moved around or turned on to show how it worked. There are some small room which are decorated as if it were inside a coal mine, and as if it were a coal miner's home. Entrance fee for an adult is 700 HUF (2-3 Euros). There are English signs and labels. Staff does not always speak English. They have a very detailed booklet which guides you through the exhibition (every object, one by one, has a description), it is in English and it can be bought, but also borrowed for free. There is also an e-guide but only available in Hungarian.