International Conference of Mining and Underground Museums Wieliczka-Bochnia

8.00 a.m. - 9.00 a.m.  
Arrival of participants at the Daniłowicz Shaft, Daniłowicza Street no. 10
Lift down to Wieliczka Salt Mine, Level 3, depth: 135 m.
Registration of the participants at the reception desk in the „Aleksandrowice" Chamber
Welcome coffee and refreshments

9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.
Grand Opening of the Conference in the „Długosz” Chamber
Welcome:
Jan Godłowski - Director of the Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka
Paweł Nowak – President of the Board of the ”Wieliczka” Salt Mine state joint-stock company
Bartłomiej Szewczyk – Director of the Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze

Session I
Inauguration: Mining Heritage in the 21st Century

10.00 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.  
Key-note Address – Jan Godłowski – Director of the Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka, Chairman of the Organising Committee of ICMUM2023, Poland
„Protection of Mining Heritage = Protection of the Memory of the Development of Human Civilisation”

10.30 a.m. – 10.50 a.m.  
Key-note Address – Miles Oglethorpe, PhD , TICCIH President, Head of Industrial Heritage, Historic Environment Scotland, Member of the Honorary Committee of ICMUM2023, United Kingdom
„The Fundamental Importance of Mining Heritage Today”

10.50 a.m. – 11.05 a.m.
Key-note Address – Barry Gamble - Independent World Heritage Consultant, Chairman of the Scientific Committee, United Kingdom
“Recent Personal Reflections on Mining Heritage and the World Heritage List”

11.05 a.m. – 11.35 a.m.
Coffee break, commemorative photo in the „Saurau” Chamber

11.35 a.m. – 11.55 a.m.  
Key-note Address – Mike Robinson, Professor of Cultural Heritage, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
“Industrial Pasts Soon Forgotten? Heritage Consequences of a De-carbonising World”

11.55 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.
Key-note Address - Professor Stefan Brüggerhoff, Former Director of the German Mining Museum in Bochum, Germany
“The educational mission of mining museums in a world of change”

12.15 p.m. – 12.35 p.m.  
Key-note Address - Professor Eric C. Nystrom, Former President of the Mining History Association of the USA and Canada (MHA), Arizona State University, USA
“The Difficulty of Creating a National Mining History: 150 Years of Mining Displays in United States Museums”

12.35 p.m. – 12.50 p.m.  
Technical break - transition to another section of the mine

12.50 p.m. – 1.50 p.m. 
Lunch in the "Warszawa" Chamber

1.50 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.  
Technical break – transition to the „Kazanów” Conference Chamber

Session II
Mining History Associations worldwide

Moderated by: Professor Roger Burt, Former President of Mining History Association (MHA) and International Mining History Congress (IMHC), Exeter University, United Kingdom

2.00 p.m. – 2.20 p.m.  
Key-note Address – Professor Roger Burt
„Mining history societies and the promotion of mining history and mining museums - past present and future”

2.20 p.m. – 2.40 p.m.    
Nic Haygarth, PhD, Former President of Australasian Mining History Association, University of Tasmania , Australia
„Mining history in the face of denial: the complementary roles of Australian mining museums, tourist mines and mining historians in documenting the mining past”

2.40 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.   
Professor Christopher J. Huggard, President of the Mining History Association (MHA), Northwest Arkansas Community College, USA;
Co-author: Eric C. Nystrom, Past-President of the MHA, Arizona State University, USA
“The Mining History Association: organizational structure and annual conferences”

3.00 p.m. – 3.20 p.m.  
Antonio Pizarro Losilla, President of the Spanish Society for the Defense of the Geological and Mining Heritage (SEDPGYM), Spain
co-author: Pilar Orche Amaré, Secretary General of the SEDPGYM, Spain
„The spanish society for the defence of the geological and mining heritage (Sedpgym): a Commitment in Force Since 1995”

3.20 p.m. – 3.40 p.m.  
Peter Claughton, PhD, Past Chairman of the National Association of Mining History Organisations in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland (NAMHO), United Kingdom
„Museums and underground heritage, the role of NAMHO”

3.40 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.  
Peter Maciulajtis, Member of MHA and IMHC, USA
“International Mining History Congress Conferences in Asia”

4.00 p.m. – 4.15 p.m. 
Discussion, closing remarks and the summary of the Session II.

4.15 p.m. – 4.25 p.m.
Technical break – transition to the „Lill” Chamber

4.25. p.m. – 4.45 p.m.   
Poster exhibition promoting the sites represented by the participants of the conference in the "Lill" Chamber

4.45 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.  
Lift up from the mine („Daniłowicz” Shaft)

5.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m.  
Free time in the hotels
(Graduation Tower available for individual visits, last admission: 6.00 p.m.)

7.00 p.m. – 10.00 p.m.  
Ceremonial Banquet at the Saltworks Castle, Zamkowa Street no.8
(Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka)
- visiting the permanent exhibition
- opening of the temporaty exhibition "Mining and Art. The Middelschulte Porcelain Collection” (exhibits from the collection of The Achim and Beate Middelschulte Foundation, preserved at the German Mining Museum in Bochum)

8.00 a.m. - 8.40 a.m.   
Arrival of participants at the Daniłowicz Shaft, Daniłowicza Street no. 10
Lift down to Wieliczka Salt Mine, Level 3, depth: 135 m.

8.40 a.m. – 9.00 a.m.
Transition to the „Kazanów” Conference Chamber
Welcome coffee

Session III
Acting together?
Small and Large Networks of mining museums in Europe.

Moderated by: Professor Massimo Preite, Industrial Heritage Expert, Board Member of TICCIH, ERIH, ICOMOS, AIPAI, University of Padua, Italy

9.00 a.m. – 9.10 a.m.
Introduction

9.10 a.m. – 9.30 a.m.
Dr. Tommaso Beltrami, Miniere Darzo A.P.S.,Trentino Alto Adige, Italy
„Making oriented network: an example from two Italian alpine mines, members of ReMi – ISPRA (National Network of Italian Mining Parks and Museums)”

9.30 a.m. – 9.50 a.m.
Davide D’Acunto, PhD, Miniere di Saint Marcel and La Miniera d’Oro Chamousira, Brusson, Italy
Co-author: Nerinka Quadrelli, Italy
“Mine Experience, an Alpine mining experience”

9.50 a.m. – 10.10 a.m.
Professor Meinard Maria Grewenig, President of European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH), Saarland University, Germany.
“ERIH and the beginning of a new world narrative for humanity. The fascination of the underworld and its industrial development"

10.10 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.
Antonio Pizarro Losilla, President of the Spanish Society for the Defense of the Geological and Mining Heritage (SEDPGYM), Spain
co-author: Pilar Orche Amaré, Secretary General of SEDPGYM, Spain
“The Iberian network of geomining sites”

10.30 a.m. – 10.50 a.m.
Stephan Doering, Grube Silberhardt, Windeck-Öttershagen, Germany
„The museum and visitor mines in one of the oldest mining regions of Germany – the „Siegerland“. History and structures

10.50 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
Discussion, closing remarks and the summary of th Session III.

11.00 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
Coffee break

Session IV
Mining Heritage on the UNESCO World Heritage List

Moderated by: Barry Gamble, Independent World Heritage Consultant, United Kingdom

11.15 a.m. – 11.35 a.m.
Key-note Address – Barry Gamble
“Mining Landscapes as Cultural Landscapes, and goldrush landscapes as an example of an underrepresented theme of Outstanding Universal Value”

11.35 a.m. – 11.55 a.m.
Key-note Address: Professor Massimo Preite, Industrial Heritage Expert, Board Member of TICCIH, ERIH, ICOMOS, AIPAI, University of Padua, Italy
“A New Landscape Category: Mining Sites As Unesco Cultural Landscapes”

11.55 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.
Friederike Hansell, German Focal Point for World Heritage, Germany
“The World Heritage Site Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region”

12.15 p.m. – 12.35 p.m.
Laure-Anne Gentges, Blegny-Mine Curator, Belgium
“Four major mining sites in Wallonia. Case study: How to attract young public”

12.35 p.m. – 12.55 p.m.
Antonio Pizarro Losilla, President of the Spanish Society for the Defense of the Geological and Mining Heritage (SEDPGYM), Spain
author: Professor Luis Mansilla Plaza, School of Mining and Industrial Engineering of Almadén (Ciudad Real), Spain
“The Mercury Heritage. Almadén and Idria. A Unique Case of World Heritage In Spain”

12.55 p.m.– 1.05 p.m.
Coffee break

1.05 p.m. – 1.25 p.m.
Francisco Alejandro Fuentes, Director of Natural Heritage and Sustainability at Fundación Procultura and Manager of the Tourist and Heritage Circuit of Lota, Chile
“Citizen process of heritage enhancement, the case of the Lota mining complex”

1.25 p.m. – 1.45 p.m.
Barbara Olejarz, Director of the the Museum of Oil and Gas Industry Ignacy Łukasiewicz in Bóbrka, Polska
“Oil Field in Bóbrka – the Cradle of the Oil Industry”

1.45 p.m. – 2.05 p.m.
Leen Roels, PhD, Coordinator Heritage Unit ECRU, Limburg Mining Region, Belgium
“Capturing Miner’s traditions. Highlighting the celebration and commemoration of St. Barbara as intangible cultural heritage in our region”

2.05 p.m. – 2.20 p.m.
Discussion, closing remarks and the summary of th Session IV

2.20 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.
Technical break - transition to the „Warszawa” Chamber

2.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Lunch in the "Warszawa" Chamber

3.30 p.m. – 3.40 p.m.
Return to „Kazanów” Conference Chamber

Session V
Salt

Moderated by: Jan Godłowski, Director of the Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka, Poland

3.40 p.m. – 3.45 p.m. – Introduction

3.45 p.m. – 4.05 p.m.
Alexandra Hentschel, Director of the German Salt Museum in Lüneburg, Germany
“The Heritage of the Lüneburg Saltworks”

4.05 p.m. – 4.25 p.m. 
Zuzana Janikova, The Saltworks Museum in Presov, Slovakia                                                                                                                                                                                              Author: Zazana Šullová, PhD, Director General of Slovak Technical Museum in Kosice, Slovakia and Marek Duchoň, PhD, Director of Museum Solivar in Presov, Slovakia
“The Saltworks Museum in Prešov – One of Its Kind among Technical Museums”

4.25 p.m. – 4.45 p.m.
Ramona Rusu, Tiberiu Dicu, National Salt Company S.A. (Salrom), Romania
“Existing and prespective arrangements to Cacica Salt Mine in the context of tourism development and salt mines. Natural therapeutic factors assessment for the use in speleotherapeutic purposes of the Cacica salt mine”

4.45 p.m. – 5.05 p.m.
Paweł Nowak, President of the Board of the ”Wieliczka” Salt Mine state joint-stock company, Poland
“Issues of Mass Tourism in the Historic Wieliczka Mine”

5.05 p.m. – 5.25 p.m.
Rafał Zadak, Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka, Poland
co-author: Marek Skubisz, Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka, Poland
“Activities for the Protection of the Historic Substance of the Wieliczka Salt Mine”

5.25 p.m. – 5.45 p.m.
Professor Marek Cała, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland
“Application of three-dimensional (3d) numerical methods to protect historic caverns in the Wieliczka Salt Mine”

5.45 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Discussion, closing remarks and the summary of th Session V

6.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m.
Visiting Wieliczka Salt Mine:
- Tourist Route and the unerground exposition of the Cracow Saltworks Mining Museum (Levels 1-2-3; 4,5 km walk)
- optional Geological and Miner’s Route (Level 2-3; 3 km walk)

9.00 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Miners’ Feast featuring traditions of Wieliczka Salt Mine in "Haluszka" Chamber

11.00 p.m. – 11.30 p.m.
Lift up from the mine, return to hotels

Breakfast and check out from hotels

8.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
Transfer from Wieliczka to Zabrze (110 km) by coaches or by cars

10.00 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.
Accommodation in Hotel "Diament" in Zabrze, 3 Maja 122A Street.

10.30 a.m. - 10.45 a.m.
Transfer by coaches to Guido Mine (500 m.), Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze, 3 Maja Street no. 93

10.45 a.m.- 11.30 a.m.
Lift down to the Guido Mine, K-8 area, depth: 320 m.
Welcome coffee and refreshments in the „Research Chamber No. 8”

Session VI
The Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze

11.30 a.m. – 12.00 a.m.
Welcome:
Bartłomiej Szewczyk- Director of Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze
Małgorzata Mańka- Szulik - President of the City of Zabrze

12.00 a.m. – 12.10 p.m.
Key-note Address: Bartłomiej Szewczyk, Director of Coal Mnining Museum in Zabrze, Poland
„Historical background of the Coal mining Museum in Zabrze and future opportunities and challenges”

12.10 p.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Michał Glosz, Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze, Poland
co-author: Ewa Wojtoń, Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze
“The Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze as a Pioneering and Innovative Institution Conducting Extensive Revitalization Activities of Mining Heritage”

12.30 p.m. – 12.50 p.m.
Mariusz Czuba, Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze, Poland
“Historic Industrial Complex of Coal Mining in Zabrze – the Heritage of the Upper Silesian Industrial Revolution”

12.50 p.m. – 1.10 p.m.
Włodzimierz Regulski, Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze, Poland
“The Place of the Mining Documentation Centre in the Process of Ongoing Restructuring of Mines in Upper Silesia and Zagłębie in Three Decades of its Implementation”

1.10 p.m. - 2.20 p.m.
Lunch in he "Compressors" Chamber
Return to "Research Chamber no.8"

Session VII
Mining Museums around the world - coal and other minerals

Moderated by Professor Stefan Brüggerhoff, Former Director of the German Mining Museum in Bochum, Germany

2.20 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. – Introduction

2.30 p.m. – 2.50 p.m.
Key-note Address: Margaret Faull, PhD, OBE, Honorary President of the Network of European Coal Mining Museums, United Kingdom
„Mining Heritage Worldwide”

2.50 p.m. – 3.10 p.m. 
Luc Piralla, Director-curator Centre Historique Minier Lewarde, France
“Memory versus history: former miners at the Centre Historique Minier de Lewarde”

3.10 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Wioletta Wrona-Gaj, Head of the Museum of Industry and Technology, The Old Mine Multicultural Park in Walbrzych, Poland
“The Soul of the Mine – a Living Mining Narrative”

3.30 p.m. – 3.50 p.m.
Filip Delarbre, Curator of the Mining Museum Beringen, Belgium
“The mining region in Limburg (Belgium) above the ground and under the surface. The digitalisation and valorisation of the building plans of the industrial buildings and the garden cities”

3.50 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Coffee break

4.00 p.m. – 4.20 p.m. 
Jordan Bennett, Curator, National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum in Leadville, Colorado, USA
“Changing Perspectives about Mining through Educational Exhibits”

4.20 p.m. – 4.40 p.m.
Professor Christopher J. Huggard, President of the Mining History Association of the USA and Canada (MHA), NorthWest Arkansas Community College, USA
“Museums of the Lead Belt of Missouri and Kansas”

4.40 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Klas Swanljung, Curator, Outokumpu Mining Museum, Finland
“Making concentration interesting – a small museums challenges with a big topic”

5.00 p.m. – 5.20 p.m.
Beata Kotasiak-Wójcik, Manager of the Museum of the Polish Sulphur Industry in Tarnobrzeg, Poland
“Protection of the Polish Sulphur Mining Heritage in the Activities of the Museum of the Polish Sulphur Industry in Tarnobrzeg in the Context of the 70th Anniversary of the Discovery of Sulphur Deposits”

5.20 p.m. - 5.35 p.m. 
Discussion, closing remarks and the summary of th Session VII

5.35 p.m. – 5.45 p.m.
Technical break

5.45 p.m. – 8.15 p.m.
Visiting „Guido” Coal Mine – Underground Tourist Route – Level 320 (3 km walk)

8.15 p.m. – 10.15 p.m. 
Dinner with a Silesian flair in the „Pump Hall”

10.15 p.m. – 10.45 p.m. 
Lift up from the mine and return to the hotel „Diament” by coach (those willing - on foot)

8.30 a.m. – 9.00 a.m.
Transfer of participants by coach from the hotel „Diament” to the Queen Luise Adit Complex, Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze (2 km), Chain Bath Building, Wolności Street no. 408

Session VIII
Underground for visitors

Moderated by: Professor Andrzej J. Wójcik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

9.00 a.m. – 9.10 a.m. – Introduction

9.10 a.m. – 9.30 a.m.
Peter Janič, PhD, Maroš Turek, Ing., CEO of Slovak Opal Mines in Dubnik, Slovakia
“The oldest and largest opal mines in the world - the only one until the end of the 19th century”

9.30 a.m. – 9.50 a.m.
José Dueñas Molina, co-author: Antonio Ángel Pérez Sanchez, Colectivo Proyecto Arrayanes, Mining Landscape Interpretation Center, Linares, Spain
“Knowing the underground mining heritage”

9.50 a.m. – 10.10 a.m.
Linda Hickey, President of the Bell Island Heritage Society Inc., co-author: Teresita McCarthy, Executive Director of the #2 Mine Tour and Museum on Bell Island, New Foundland, Canada
“Stories of Toilers Under The Sea – Submarine Miners Of Bell Island”

10.10 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.
Ole Staunsbjerg Pedersen, Museum Rebildcentret with Thingbæk Lime Stone Mine in Skørping, Denmark
“An underground Sculpture Museum in Denmark”

10.30 a.m. – 10.50 a.m.
Bendik Rugaas, The Norwegian Blue Colour Works in Modum, Norway                                                                                                                                                                           authors: Sverre Følstad and Lasse Hermansen Bjørnland, The Norwegian Blue Colour Works in Modum, Norway
“The Norwegian Blue Colour Works in Modum”

10.50 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
Discussion, closing remarks and the summary of th Session VIII

11.00 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
Coffee break

Session IX
Historical mining landscapes and their protection

Moderated by: Adam Hajduga, PhD, Vice-President of the European Route of Industrial Heritage, Poland

11.15 a.m. – 11.25 a.m.
Introduction: „Upper Silesian mining landscapes – revolutions”

11.25 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.
Kevin AC Baker, MBE former KEM Volunteer/Director of King Edward’s Mine Museum, United Kingdom
„What can be achieved by Volunteers – the making of King Edward Mine Museum”

11.45 a.m. – 12.05 p.m.
Patrycja Werecka, St. John Mine in Krobica, Poland
“Traces of Former Ore Mining in the Jizera Mountains”

12.05 p.m. – 12.25 p.m.
Piotr Langer, Dr Eng Arch, Krakow University of Technology
“Innovative Directions of the Adaptation and Development of Post-Mining Areas and Above-Ground Facilities from an Architect’s Perspective - An overview of Western European solutions as inspiration for activities in Poland”

12.25 p.m. – 12.45 p.m.
Antonio Ángel Pérez Sanchez, co-author: Francisco Molina Molina, Colectivo Proyecto Arrayanes, Mining Landscape Interpretation Center, Linares, Spain
“The Mining Cultural Park: Turning The Territory Into A Museum”

12.45 p.m. – 1.05 p.m.
Veronica, co-author: Priya Joseph, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India
“The Grey History of Gold: The Kolar Gold Mines in India and the Polemics of its Heritage”

1.05 p.m. – 1.15 p.m.
Discussion, closing remarks and the summary of th Session IX

1.15 p.m. – 2.15 p.m.
Lunch in the Chain Bath Building

Session X
What's up?
session prepared by ICMUM2018 conference participants

Moderated by: Monika Dziobek-Motyka, Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka, Poland

Introduction

2.20 p.m. – 2.35 p.m.
Matthew Portfleet, Owner of Adventure Merchant Mining Company, Michigan, USA
“The Adventure Merchant Mine: Provoking engagement”

2.35 p.m. – 2.50 p.m.
Henryk Hörner, Owner of Kleva Gruva Copper Mine, Sweden
“Explore the Kleva mine on your own - a successful implementation of Covid 19 Regulations’

2.50 p.m. – 3.05 p.m.
Carsten Grammes, PhD, Erlebnisbergwerk Velsen e.V in Saarbrücken , Germany
“From a Training Coal Mine to Industrial Heritage – A success story”

3.05 p.m. – 3.20 p.m.
Michał Flasza, Bochnia Salt Mine, co-author: Aleksandra Puławska, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland
„Development of the Bochnia Salt Mine as a UNESCO World Heritage Tourist Site”

3.20 p.m. – 3.35 p.m.
Jasmina Rejec, co-author: Kristina Seljak, Idrija Mercury Heritage Management Center, Slovenia
“The Idrija Mercury Mine's Heritage – What's up?”

3.35 p.m. – 3.50 p.m.
Artur Jedynak, The Archaeological Museum and Krzemionki Reserve, Poland
“The Archaeological Museum and Krzemionki Reserve after the Inscription of the Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region on the UNESCO World Heritage List”

3.50 p.m. – 4.05 p.m.
Zbigniew Pawlak, President of the Management Board of the Society of Friends of Tarnowskie Góry Land, Poland
“Understanding Own Heritage”

4.05 p.m. – 4.15 p.m.
Discussion, closing remarks and the summary of th Session X

4.15 p.m. – 4.25 p.m.
Coffee break

4.25 p.m. – 4.40 p.m.
Dariusz Walerjański, Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze, Poland
„From the water tower to the Carboneum”

4.40 p.m. – 4.50 p.m.
Closing remarks and conclusion of the ICMUM2023 conference proceedings

4.50 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Technical break

5.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.
Visiting the Queen Louise Adit Complex- Tourist Route (1 km walk, depth: 40 m)
Main Hereditary Key Adit

8.00 p.m. – 8.15 p.m.
Transfer to the Coal Mining Museum Main Building, 3 Maja Street no. 19

8.15 p.m. – 8.45 p.m.
Visiting the Coal Mining Museum Main Building, 3 Maja Street n. 19

8.45 p.m. – 9.00 p.m.
Krzysztof Herner, Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze, Poland
“Using 3D scanning in the protection of industrial heritage”

9.00 p.m. – 10.45 p.m.
Farawell Dinner

10.45 p.m. – 11.00 p.m.
Return to the hotel „Diament” by coaches (2 km)