The Cracow Saltworks Museum Wieliczka would like to invite everybody to an exhibition entitled “Mining Cartography.” Its aim is to emphasize the significance of land surveying for the development of mining centres in Poland.
The exhibition presents most valuable maps from the period between the 17th and the 20th century from various mining centres in Poland, with special attention given to the Wieliczka and Bochnia mines.
Among the exhibits, visitors can see a very precious and unique set of maps of Marcin German, presenting three levels of the mine and the city from 1638. The exhibition also presents development of measuring technology which took place at that time, as well as measuring equipment and devices used to prepare plans and maps of mine. There is also a review of most meritorious people for mining cartography.
The exhibition can be visited at the Saltworks Castle until February 25, 2012.