Öffentliche Führung: Dr. Marius Hirschfeld führt durch die Sonderausstellung „Silberfieber. Der Tarnowitzer Bergbau – das UNESCO-Welterbe in Oberschlesien“

As part of the tour, the special exhibition is explained and opened up through dialog. In addition to regular museum admission (5 EUR/3 EUR reduced), you pay 2 EUR for the guided tour.

The special exhibition "Silver fever. Tarnowice Mining - the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Upper Silesia" focuses on the development of the second largest coal and steel region in Europe (after the Ruhr area), which can look back on a much longer history than the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial area. The exhibition shows the history of industry in Tarnowitz (now Tarnowskie Góry), the core of the Upper Silesian mining district, its development and decline, as well as the efforts to transform it into a tourist attraction and its inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The exhibition is primarily based on objects from the collections of the Upper Silesian Regional Museum, the Association of Friends of the Tarnowice Region and the German Mining Museum, as well as digital elements (archive and contemporary videos, 3D scans, virtual reality).

On a total of 450 m², the geographical and historical location of the Upper Silesian town and the history of mining up to 1784 (with a focus on the period from 1490 to the end of the Thirty Years' War) are presented together with its influential personalities. Another focus is the resumption of mining in Tarnowitz around 1800 with the first steam engine on the European mainland. The beginnings of industrial tourism are then examined and finally the development after the Second World War to the present day and the success story surrounding the inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017 are discussed.

The special exhibition, curated by Mariusz Gąsior, was created in collaboration with the Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Ziemi Tarnogórskiej (Association of Friends of the Tarnowice Region). The exhibition is sponsored by the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.