Mining Museum

The Mining Museum started  with “Mineral cabinet of Russian and foreign mineral fossil bodies” All ore mines, coal-pits and mining plants were obliged by Catherine the Great to send the most precious items to Saint-Petersburg. Nowadays the museum possesses the unique collection of rocks, ore items, minerals, paleontological rarities, models and maquettes of mining machines and tools of different times, cutting weapons, stone wares and jewelry. The total of exhibits  is 240 000, many of them are unique: the malachite block of 1504 kilos, the biggest item of massive natural copper named “bear skin”, polychrome topaz crystal of 11 kilos. The total surface is 4000 square meters. Over 350 000 people have visited the museum for 5 last years

The Mining Museum is didactical and scientific unit of our school involved in training of skilled students.