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Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride

Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride Your underground adventure awaits! Explore the pioneering spirit of Wisconsin’s rural Driftless Area through Rollo Jamison’s cultural heritage collection, a real 1845 underground lead-zinc mine tour, and a mine train ride outdoors across the three-acre museum campus. Exhibits tell the story of how famous local geology in …

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Historic Re-enactment

Historic Re-enactment Held  since 1998, the 3-day Platteville Historic Re-enactment showcases the history of America’s Upper Mississippi Valley from the mid-1700s to 1840, featuring educators, artisans, and re-enactors all taking part in the celebration. The Historic Re-enactment presents a hands-on living history experience for the general public, as well as thousands of students whose visit …

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Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride

Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride Your underground adventure awaits! Explore the pioneering spirit of Wisconsin’s rural Driftless Area through Rollo Jamison’s cultural heritage collection, a real 1845 underground lead-zinc mine tour, and a mine train ride outdoors across the three-acre museum campus. Exhibits tell the story of how famous local geology in …

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Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride

Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride Your underground adventure awaits! Explore the pioneering spirit of Wisconsin’s rural Driftless Area through Rollo Jamison’s cultural heritage collection, a real 1845 underground lead-zinc mine tour, and a mine train ride outdoors across the three-acre museum campus. Exhibits tell the story of how famous local geology in …

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Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride

Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride Your underground adventure awaits! Explore the pioneering spirit of Wisconsin’s rural Driftless Area through Rollo Jamison’s cultural heritage collection, a real 1845 underground lead-zinc mine tour, and a mine train ride outdoors across the three-acre museum campus. Exhibits tell the story of how famous local geology in …

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Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride

Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride Your underground adventure awaits! Explore the pioneering spirit of Wisconsin’s rural Driftless Area through Rollo Jamison’s cultural heritage collection, a real 1845 underground lead-zinc mine tour, and a mine train ride outdoors across the three-acre museum campus. Exhibits tell the story of how famous local geology in …

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Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride

Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride Your underground adventure awaits! Explore the pioneering spirit of Wisconsin’s rural Driftless Area through Rollo Jamison’s cultural heritage collection, a real 1845 underground lead-zinc mine tour, and a mine train ride outdoors across the three-acre museum campus. Exhibits tell the story of how famous local geology in …

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Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride

Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride Your underground adventure awaits! Explore the pioneering spirit of Wisconsin’s rural Driftless Area through Rollo Jamison’s cultural heritage collection, a real 1845 underground lead-zinc mine tour, and a mine train ride outdoors across the three-acre museum campus. Exhibits tell the story of how famous local geology in …

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Wisconsin Science Festival – Weeklong Activities Exploring “Time”

Unleash your curiosity during this weeklong festival celebrating the wonders of science throughout Wisconsin! The theme this year is “Time,” and we will have special fun hands-on activities to delve into this deep subject. Come engage in the enterprise of discovery, communicate the power of knowledge and creativity to change our worldview, and cultivate curious …

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Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride

Museum Admission, Guided Mine Tour & Train Ride Your underground adventure awaits! Explore the pioneering spirit of Wisconsin’s rural Driftless Area through Rollo Jamison’s cultural heritage collection, a real 1845 underground lead-zinc mine tour, and a mine train ride outdoors across the three-acre museum campus. Exhibits tell the story of how famous local geology in …

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Sweet Treats on Main

Sweet Treats on Main As part of the Sweets Treats on Main event held by the Platteville Main Street Program, the museum will offer one free train ride per child as a “treat.” While the children and their families wait for their turn on the train, they can create a fun Halloween craft for children …

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Fall Community Free Day

Fall Community Free Day To thank the citizens of Platteville for their continued support, The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums offers two community free days: season opening day, May 3; and season closing day, October 29. Museum admission, including a Guided Mine Tour and Train Ride (weather permitting) will be free to Platteville residents with …

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HOURS

In Season: May - October
Open Wednesday - Sunday
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Guided Mine Tours: 10:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m., & 3:00 p.m.

Off Season: November - April
Closed Except for Seasonal Programs