MIK Osnabrück Museum of Industrial Culture

The MIK Osnabrück Museum of Industrial Culture is located on the Piesberg in the UNESCO Nature and Geopark TERRA.vita. Sandstone and coal have been quarried on the Piesberg since early modern times. A quarry that is still active today can be viewed on circular routes. From the second half of the 19th century onwards, coal was mined industrially in underground mines, but due to problems with water drainage, mining ceased in 1898.

The museum opened in 1994 in the Piesberg colliery's listed open-cast facilities. Its interactive permanent exhibition focuses on the interplay between man, nature and the economy. It tells the social and economic history of the region and illustrates the profound changes that industrialisation has brought to society, culture and nature. Coal mining plays a particularly important role here: Two steam engines are demonstrated in operation. A glass lift takes visitors 30 metres underground and allows them to explore the accessible Hasestollen tunnel. Regular special exhibitions in the magazine building, the former washhouse, focus on current social developments.