Show mine in the Deutsches Museum: In April there is a shift in the shaft

The plans have been around for a long time, now a specific schedule has been set: In spring, the popular mine in the Deutsches Museum will be closed and expanded.

A lot of effort, especially since the backdrops are worth protecting.

However, it is necessary for the second phase of the general renovation.

• The second section is due for the general renovation of the Deutsches Museum

• The show mine will be dismantled for this from April

• Reconstruction is planned, but there are question marks

A few steps are enough to immerse yourself in something completely new: In dark underworlds full of tunnels, stone walls and narrow shafts, in which the miners did their hard work.

The

in the exhibition mine of the Deutsches Museum is perfect, which is why the exhibition is one of the main attractions for many visitors.

If you want to see it in its original form, you should hurry up.

Because now one thing is certain: next April it will be a shift in the shaft.

Then the mine will be dismantled as part of the ongoing major renovation.

“That is the current plan,” confirms museum spokesman Gerrit Faust.

The tender for the complex work ran out on Thursday.

State Office for Monument Preservation has checked

Experts are needed.

Because one thing is not possible: The

, some of which date back to the 1920s, just somehow tear off and put in boxes.

The constructs are too valuable for that, as confirmed by the State Office for Monument Preservation.

The monument preservationists dealt in detail with the show mine last year after the Ludwigvorstadt-Maxvorstadt district committee had requested this from the state capital.

The aim of the local politicians: to preserve the mine that has delighted generations of visitors.

The application rests with the city

On the one hand, the examination by the specialist authority revealed that, above all, the backdrops in the almost 4,000 square meter exhibition are "monumental components". On the other hand, it is said that the expansion is "indispensable" for the complete renovation of the museum. The Deutsches Museum has been modernized since 2015: The building construction, fire protection and technology of the ensemble, which opened in 1925, was completely out of date.

into the first construction phase, which is about to be completed. Another 300 euros are needed for the second section, which will then also include the dismantling of the mine from April.

As it is said by the monument preservation authority, the city currently has an application for the expansion.

A very important factor for the approval of the experts was: "That the backdrops of the mine are dismantled and stored non-destructively."

Question marks in the reconstruction

As Gerrit Faust explains, the tunnels and shafts are first placed in a depot.

A year is cleared, then the structural renovation follows.

“When this is complete,” says Faust, “the scenery can also be rebuilt.” It is clear that the mine should also be modernized.

However, there are still no concrete plans for how, when and at what cost.