Cobalt Mining Museum - Historic Places Days

Cobalt Mining Museum

Cobalt, Ontario
Type
Museum/Gallery
Address
24 Silver Street, Cobalt, ON, Canada
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Hours
7 days a week 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Phone
7056798301

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The Cobalt Mining Museum strives to preserve Cobalt’s past and, as a result, boasts the world’s largest display of native silver ore as well as an impressive display of rocks and minerals from around the world!

The museum’s collection of artifacts relating not only to mining but to the cultural and social life of the Cobalt Mining Camp, bringing those early days vividly to life.

Amenities

  • Family-Friendly
  • Guided Tour
  • Parking
  • Washrooms
  • Wheelchair Access

Fun Facts

  • The Cobalt Mining Museum has the largest collection of native silver
  • There were over 1oo mine in Cobalt during the height of the Silver Rush
  • The value of the silver mined in Cobalt was greater than the value of the gold of the Klondike Gold Rush

Location

24 Silver Street, Cobalt, ON, Canada
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Gallery

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