Free tour of the Museum of Metallurgy for STEEL2023 congress participants!

We invite you to take the opportunity to go to the Museum of Metallurgy in Chorzów during the European Steel Congress 2023.

Departure:

5:45 p.m. in front of the MCK Katowice | arrival at the Museum of Metallurgy in Chorzów around 6:00 p.m,

Tour time: about 90 minutes

Return:

7:30 p.m. in front of the Museum of Metallurgy in Chorzów | arrival in front of the MCK Katowice about 7:45 p.m.

Museum of Metallurgy in Chorzów has started its began its activities in November 2021. It is the first museum in Poland fully dedicated to the tangible and intangible heritage of the iron and steel industry during the Industrial Revolution. Until now, no facility has exhibited to such an extent the history of one of the most important industries shaping the face of Upper Silesia.

The Museum is located in a revalued building of a historic power plant dating back to 1895 on the site of the former "Królewska"/"Kościuszko" steelworks in the very center of Chorzów. The oldest part of the building in which the Museum operates was built in 1895, and originally housed the power plant of the "Królewska" Steelworks, which provided power to the city of Królewska Huta from 1898 to 1911.

The permanent exhibition "Kingdom of Iron", which can be admired at the Museum of Metallurgy in Chorzow, is an innovative and novel exposition, which is largely based on machinery from the Huta Batory (Batory Steelworks) and the Huta Królewska (Królewska Steelworks), and the protagonists of the exhibition, thanks to the "Mów mi huto"(Speak to me steelworks)  project, are former employees of these plants. In September 2022, the exhibition was recognized in the 42nd edition of the "Sybilla" Competition for the Museum Event of the Year as one of the three best exhibitions in Poland. The tour is complemented by a one-of-a-kind film screening projected in an unusual cinema with a semi-circular screen. The special effects accompanying the projection draw you right into the middle of the heated steelworks.

The Museum of Metallurgy in Chorzow is a member of ERIH, the European Route of Industrial Heritage, which presents more than 2,000 monuments of technology adapted for tourism and culture in all European countries. It is Europe's largest industrial tourism-oriented cultural cooperation network, and at the same time the Cultural Route of the Council of Europe.

With its unique architecture and atmosphere, the Museum of Metallurgy in Chorzow is a unique place with potential and a must see.

We invite you to visit!