Dedicated to enriching the public about Platteville's history
The Mining Museum and Rollo Jamison Museum are located side by side at the eastern end of Platteville's Downtown Historic District. The museums include an underground tour of the 1845 Bevans Lead Mine, a ride in a 1931 mine train aboveground, and exhibits on Platteville, area history and especially the history of lead and zinc mining in the Upper Mississippi Valley.
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The Mining Museum and the Rollo Jamison Museum are open daily
9-5 May through October. Self-guided galleries and office are open Monday-Friday 9-4, November through April. Group tours available year 'round by appointment.
Tickets which include admission to both The Mining Museum and Rollo Jamison Museum are Adult $9.00, Seniors $7.75, Child 5-15 $4.50 with under 5 free, Family $24 (up to two adults and two or more dependent children 5-17). May through October.
The museum does not accept credit or debit cards.
November through April admission to the Rollo Jamison Museum and the Mining Museum building is $4 adults and seniors and $2 for children 5-15. This does not include the mine.
