Guided tour and multi-purpose room
15.04.2026
The MNM also offers the opportunity to rent our modern multi-purpose room before or after a guided tour. For information, we are happy to provide you by email: info@mnm.lu or Tel: 56 56 88
New employee at the MNM
10.04.2026
We are pleased to welcome a new employee to the MNM. „Xavier“ will support our team in the administration and in the reception. We wish him much pleasure and success in carrying out his new tasks.
Annual safety course 2026
16.03.2026
In the run-up to the new season, which begins on April 1, 2026, all volunteers, guides, train drivers and the staff participated in our annual safety course. The course provided valuable training in firefighting and steam in the tunnel to ensure smooth and safe seasonal operation. Afterwards, the entire team was invited to a good meal at the “Brasserie du Musée”.
“Gin de la mine” – Luxembourg craftsmanship meets industrial history
8.12.2025
MNM and Opyos Beverages recently presented a unique joint project: the first Luxembourg gin, matured for over a year in the depths of an iron ore mine 75 meters underground. This extraordinary experiment brings together craftsmanship, the Luxembourg region and industrial history in a product that could only have been born of this combination in the south of the country.
Share your enthusiasm: become a guide at MNM
14.11.2025
Are you interested as a guide (m/f) at the National Mine Museum, leading groups of adults and children through 150 years of fascinating mining history in Luxembourg? If you have an interest in historical events and want to share your passion with others, we look forward to receiving your application. Join our teams as a freelancer and help us bring to life the stories, challenges and achievements of the miners. Together, we can bring the past to life and leave a lasting impression on our visitor [...]
New: MNM-Train as a set of building bricks
27.08.2025
The National Mining Museum and Lubrix present our MNM train as a building block. With 400 high-quality building blocks in full color and authentic design, this set is a delight for all young and old builders and railway fans. A complete set includes the MNM locomotive with remote control, two wagons and rails. Each part is also available separately. You can obtain the set in the MNM store or via Payconiq (QR-Code). For further information, please contact us by e-mail info@mnm.lu or by telephone [...]
Special tour “Lost Places”
9.01.2025
on 15 and 27 February and on 22 and 29 March 2026 On a tour of about 3 km you go through the main gallery of the Walert over into the mine Langengrund. There our historian will show and explain to you rooms and galleries that are nomally inaccessible to the public. Before the Walert und Langengund mines were closed in the 1960s, they had developed a network of galleries on an area of 80 hectares. Our guide shows you among other things the place where Jean-Pierre Bausch died in a work accident [...]
New: MNM box set Gin “Made in Luxembourg”
18.04.2024
New in the MNM shop: - a box set with three carefully curated bottles of gin, each exquisite in 5cl portions. The collection embodies a harmonious fusion of exceptional aromas and first-class quality from local cultivation made in Luxembourg by Opyos Beverages in Keiwelbach.
New wooden stamps for a side mine
28.03.2024
Shortly before the start of the new season, our team of volunteers replaced with great commitment the wooden stamps of a side mine. If you would like to see the result and many other elements, simply register for one of the guided tours. In the booking link, the dates of the whole season, also for the next Sunday, are available. Booking and tickets: www.mnm.lu (Booking) Design sans titre - 8
From Recklinghausen to Rumelange: the wheel loader type Eimco 912
1.02.2024
A delegation of our technical service picked up a wheel loader type Eimco 912 in Recklinghausen’s training mine this week. This machine was there in the exhibition and will now be made fit again to be used in our museum. A big thank you for the warm welcome to the team of the Trainingsbergwerk in Recklinghausen and to the truck driver of the transport company Tauschlag Gelsenkirchen.
Prototype of a computer-controlled drill
1.09.2023
Our most modern exhibit, the prototype of the computer-controlled drill Jumbo (1987) built by the company Montabert, can be seen during a guided tour mine & train. For the booking and the tickets please visite the calendar of events on this website.
Images from ancient times
7.06.2023
Images from ancient times: the miner Isidore Baltes called Philippe (in the white jersey) with a mate in a French tunnel. The photos come from his son, Manuel Baltes. A big thank you for that.
Welcome assessment at the General Assembly of the National Iron Ore Museum, Rumelange
10.03.2026
A welcome assessment was presented at the MNM General Assembly. A wide range of guided tours for both young and old has attracted around 12,500 visitors. A big thank you went to the Board of Directors, to the honorary and full-time employees, to the guides and train drivers, but also to the General Directorate for Tourism of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the City of Rumelange for their respective support.
MNM Stammdësch about the Mining in Asturias – background and current situation
19.02.2026
on 26 February 2026 at 8:00 pm Asturias has very significant geological resources that have produced a considerable wealth of different geological layers, which has enabled continuous mining activity throughout its history. Mining in Asturias is inextricably linked to coal, which represented a large volume of employment and employed up to 52 000 miners. Jesus Calleja, tunnel engineer and guide in the MNM, takes a look at the technical, economic and social history of mining in Asturias. Rendez- [...]
New Year’s reception at the National Iron Ore Museum
13.02.2026
Le conseil d’administration du MNM a cordialement invité le personnel, les guides, les conducteurs de train et les bénévoles à boire un verre de Nouvel An en signe de reconnaissance. Des discussions stimulantes dans une ambiance agréable, ont eu lieu pour fêter la saison passée et nouvelle.
The MNM at the St. Barbara festival
8.12.2025
December 4, 2025 in Rumelange: St. Barbara's Day was celebrated in honor of the miners with a parade through the town, a ceremony in front of the miners' monument, a mass in our mine and a delicious meal for the National Mining Museum team at the "Brasserie du Musée".
MNM-Stammdësch on the “Thillebierg” Mine
13.11.2025
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. Our guide, Dario Di Genova, practically grew up with the Thillebierg Mine. His father and two uncles had worked there, and the mining train had almost passed through his grandmother's garden. With his memories and extensive photo collection, he tries to bring the gallery back to life for an hour. Meet us on Thursday, November 27 at 8:00 pm in our multi-purpose room in the reception building. Language: Luxembourgish. Admission is free.