Mining Museum

One of France’s oldest mining museums

Mining ceased in 1880. In 1902, a benefactor from Molay-Littry collected objects and tools relating to mining and created a museum that is now one of Normandy’s places of interest.

Discover the history of the Littry coal mines in Normandy with Pierre, who will guide you through the reconstructed 70-meter-long gallery.

You can also contemplate the remains of the Frandemiche pit via an interpretation trail in the museum courtyard.

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Visit the mine museum

Founded in 1907, the Musée de la Mine du Molay-Littry is one of the oldest mining museums in France: it was created on one of the largest extraction shafts on the Littry mining site, which was in operation from the mid-18th to the late 19th century. The mine museum welcomes visitors with a ten-minute documentary film, before offering a tour of the surface installations.

The main building houses numerous tools and objects, as well as the Périer brothers’ authentic steam engine. The highlight of the visit is a 70-meter-long gallery, which has been entirely reconstructed to offer an unforgettable immersive tour of the Littry coal-mining site.

After a visit to the gallery, there’s a space dedicated to Sainte Barbe, anda remarkable model of a building from the Bruay-Labuissière mine. The Mine Museum tour lasts 1h30 and can be accompanied by an audio-guide.

Information, rates and schedules

The mine museum is located on rue de la fosse Frandemiche in Le Molay-Littry. The price for individual visitors is 5 euros for adults and 2 euros for children. Combined tickets are available for reduced-price visits to the Mine Museum and the Marcy Museum, at a total price of 8 euros for adults and 3 euros for children.

Closed for renovations in 2020, the museum is preparing to reopen for the 2021 season with new scenography and modernized facilities.