"Silberglanz & Kumpeltod" - museum shows large mining exhibition

The State Museum of Archaeology in Chemnitz is getting into the mood for the Capital of Culture Year 2025 with a major exhibition on the history of mining from the Stone Age to the present day. The exhibition organizers have brought together 380 exhibits. The most valuable is a drinking goblet made of pure silver from the Green Vault in Dresden. The last piece of coal mined in Germany - on loan from the Office of the Federal President - is also on display, as are numerous archaeological finds such as old tools and jewelry.

The "Silberglanz & Kumpeltod" exhibition was due to open on Thursday evening and will be on display in Chemnitz until the end of June 2025. It is the museum's contribution to Chemnitz as European Capital of Culture 2025, with museum director Sabine Wolfram taking up the Capital of Culture motto "C the Unseen". "Making the unseen visible is part of everyday scientific life for archaeology: layer by layer, we uncover the past and make the hidden visible," she explained. This also applies to mining, which brings mineral resources to light from the depths.