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Diamantschleifermuseum, Brücken
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AußenansichtPhoto: Manuel Becker, Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal
The Brücken Diamond Cutting Museum documents the more than 100-year history of the diamond cutting industry in the municipality of Brücken and the surrounding villages. The Brücken Diamond Cutting Museum was inaugurated in 1998. 110 years after the first diamond cutting factory in the Ohmbach valley was established by Isidor Triefuß in 1888. The eventful history of this branch of industry in the Westrich is impressively and vividly documented by the museum and vividly conveyed to the visitor.
The museum vividly presents the working techniques of diamond cutting "sawing, grinding and polishing" from rough diamond to sparkling brilliant-cut diamond at fully functional workstations that are true to the original. Exhibits, picture panels and film presentations demonstrate to visitors the eventful history of diamond cutting in Brücken and the surrounding area.
On display and presented are...
10 fully equipped workstations in various stages of chronological and technical development Faithful reproductions of the 35 largest and most important diamonds in the world, models of the processing from octahedron to brilliant, practical demonstrations of diamond cutting...
Guided tour by appointment. Please book group visits in advance. Admission is free for Pfalzcard holders.
Opening times
Tuesday: 9.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
Thursday: 14.00 - 17.00 hrs
Sunday: 14.00 - 17.00 hrs
Guided tours by appointment. Please book group visits in advance.
Contact: Tel.: 06386/993168 or 06373/504-0 (VG Oberes Glantal)
Price:
Admission prices:
Adults 2.50 euros per person
Pupils, senior citizens, ZDL, people with disabilities 1.25 euros per person
Parents with children 3.75 euros per family
Groups of 10 people or more 1.25 euros per person
School classes 0.50 euros per pupil
Registered guided tours 15,-- Euro
Admission is free for Pfalzcard holders.
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Diamantschleifermuseum, Brücken
66904 Brücken
+49 6386 993168 http://www.diamantschleifermuseum.de E-mail: info@diamantschleifermuseum.de
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