Check out Butte’s World Museum of Mining this Summer

One of the hidden gems of Butte, America, tucked in behind the hill on which Montana Tech perches, is the World Museum of Mining.  The Mining Museum truly is a local treasure and one that often goes overlooked by locals.  Have you seen the World Museum of Mining lately?

There is so much to see that you really should arrive early if you want to give yourself a self-guided tour.  If you want a guide, the World Museum of Mining has a crew of experts who will give you the tour of a lifetime around the site of the Orphan Girl works.  If you really want to go deep, there are guided underground tours available where you explore the actual 100-foot level of the Orphan Girl shaft.  It is truly an experience like no other and not for the faint of heart!

The Orphan Girl has one of many of the headframes that you see across Uptown Butte.  The mine headframe has become synonymous with Butte and its culture.  Once there were dozens of headframes across the Mining City skyline while now there remains only a few.  How many can you identify?

This summer the World Museum of Mining will be hosting Miner's Union Day on June 14th with free admission and discounted underground tours along with a bevy of other events incuding the annual Big Butte Brewfest which is always a lot of fun.  The grounds are also available for weddings and events, click here for further inquiry.