Albert Kersten Mining & Minerals Museum in Broken Hill, New South Wales | Landmark & historical place

Albert Kersten Mining & Minerals Museum

Locality: Broken Hill, New South Wales

Phone: +61 8 8080 3501

Address: Cnr Crystal and Bromide Sts NSW 2880 Broken Hill, NSW, Australia

Website: www.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au/Facilities/Albert-Kersten-Mining-and-Minerals-Museum

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15.01.2022 #WaybackWednesday! Argent St circa 1930! Judging from the crowds this might be another shot from the Silver Jubilee of 1933! Can you #FindTheMiner? Let us know in the comments below!

13.01.2022 #FunFactFriday! Ore deposit classification is fascinating! There are nine major catergories we classify ore deposits into. From there, we can divide these catergories into 37 types! We've hidden our #FindTheMiner in this photo! Let us know if you found him in the comments!

12.01.2022 There will be some work going on under the hood of our website this Wednesday night from 6:30pm that may cause some service interruptions. We apologise for any inconvenience this scheduled maintenance may cause.

11.01.2022 There's a push to officially declare a new geological time interval. The "Anthropocene Epoch", which has been influenced by human activity.

11.01.2022 Can you #FindTheMiner? We'll be hiding this Claude Marquet image in some of our upcoming photos. Let us know in the comments if you find him! (And no, this one doesn't count)

10.01.2022 The Albert Kersten Mining & Minerals Museum opens tomorrow! The museum will be open from 10am-1pm, Tues-Sat. Visitors must book a ticket, with a max of 10 tickets available per hour and visits limited to 45 minutes. Book online at https://bit.ly/2DemFpF or phone (08) 8080 3501.

09.01.2022 A great way to identify a mineral is by its relative hardness. In this sense, we define "hardness" as resistance to scratching. In 1812 mineralogist Friedrich Mohs his scale of mineral hardness. We'll be presenting his scale on #MohsScaleMondays. Starting with #1, the softest mineral on the hardness scale, Talc.

09.01.2022 #BondedBirthday! James Clerk Maxwell introduced the world to electric and magnetic waves. His work led to the creation of radio waves. He is also considered foundational to electrical engineering and quantum mechanics!

08.01.2022 NSW Premier Sir Charles Wade recurs through Claude Marquet's imagery. Here, in "Sliming Before Swallowing" he's depicted as a snake. Tightly wrapped around Unionism.

05.01.2022 Does anyone remember when the Silver Tree lived elsewhere? Well, someone does! Thanks to Broken Hill Civic Centre for housing our beloved Boundary Rider until 2004!

04.01.2022 #WaybackWednesday! During World War II mostly women worked in Broken Hill's munitions factory. They made nose cones for shells. Later on, this building would become the Technical College Annexe for apprentice training. Also! Can you #FindTheMiner?