It is a great and unique experience to walk this mine that gave world like 1/8 of Hg. Young tour guide lady🌹 answered all questions about air system, maintaining the mine, etc. But a bit in rush way. Before entering mine there is a 20 minutes video about mine and Idrija. Than you changes cloths and walk inside for a bit less than an hour. There is a white baroque chapel of Holly Trinity inside with statue of saint Barbara. The tube has light all the way, but it is a bit unpleasant, if there were any. So respect to all mine workers. Unfortunatelly they don't sell Hg as they did in the past, because it is forbidden. On the way you can admire just some drops of Hg.

Great castle with a Renaissance courtyard. Because its beauty they held sometimes national festivals here.

This museum is really friendly to English speakers! Many other museums are mostly or partly in English (understandably) but almost everything here is in both languages, meaning you don’t miss much, if anything. Wonderful local museum that focuses on the history of the city of Idrija, its geology, and history of mercury mining. One of my favorite rooms talked about preserving Slovene culture under Italian occupation. O also really enjoyed the special exhibit about the properties of Mercury and parallels between Idrija and another mercury mining city in Spain. My favorite part though was the exhibit on Idrija Lace! It was very descriptive and showed lots of beautiful examples. Don’t sleep on the gift shop, which has several informative books and products from a local family of lacemakers.

Quite nice place, interesting history. Worth seeing!

I have learned how mercury and mercury ore was mined and smelted. Great show and wonderful and friendly guide, Sara!

Nice place to learn about wars on Slovenia ground

(Translated by Google) The Idrija mining house can be found right above the Frančiška shaft. To view it, you need to visit the City Museum of Idrija. "Miner's house" is a building that speaks eloquently about the living culture of mining families. It was built at the end of the 18th century. It underwent its renovation during the celebration of Idrija's 500th anniversary. It was renovated in 1994. The view from the outside makes it clear that it leans against the hill. The house is characterized by a high facade and many small windows. Typically, it is built only on the ground floor, while the construction of the two floors and the attic is wooden and covered with plaster. The interior staircases and ceilings are also wooden. The roof of the house is steeply placed so that it dries quickly after rain and that snow quickly slides off it in winter. When we walk around the inside of the house, we can clearly see all this. On the ground floor, we can see the main room, which is called the house, from there we enter the partially partitioned bedroom. The furniture is authentic, as is the bread oven that heated the room. On the ground floor we can also see the kitchen, which has always been nicely decorated. In the kitchen there is also a firebox for the aforementioned bread oven. Kitchen utensils that were usually made at home are a surprise in the kitchen. From there, we proceed up the wooden stairs to the higher floor, which is designed a bit differently. It is not possible to enter the attic during the tour. The tour is suitable for adults and children. When we get back out of the house, we better understand why the "miner's house" blended in so beautifully with its surroundings. The house also has its own kindergarten, which is called a nursery school. Today, the house especially comes alive during the annual lace festival. (Original) Idrijsko rudarsko hišo najdemo tik nad jaškom Frančiške. Za ogled se je potrebno oglasiti v Mestnem muzeju Idrija. "Rudarska hiša" je stavba, ki zgovorno govori o bivanjski kulturi rudarskih družin. Postavljena je bila konec 18. stoletja. Svojo prenovo je doživela v času praznovanja idrijske 500 - letnice. Prenavljati so jo začeli leta 1994. Pogled od zunaj nam da jasno vedeti, da je prislonjena v hrib. Za hišo je značilno visoko pročelje in veliko majhnih oken. Značilno je zidana samo v pritličju, medtem ko je konstrukcija dveh nadstropij in podstrešja lesena in pokrita z ometom. Tudi notranja stopnišča in stropovi so leseni. Streha hiše je strmo postavljena, da se je po dežju naglo posušila in da je pozimi sneg hitro zdrsel iz nje. Ko se sprehodimo po notranjosti hiše vse to nazorno vidimo. V pritličju lahko vidimo glavno sobo, ki se imenuje hiša, od tam stopimo v delno pregrajeno spalnico. Pohištvo je pristno, prav tako krušna peč, ki je grela prostor. V pritličju vidimo tudi kuhinjo, ki je bila vedno lepo urejena. V kuhinji se nahaja tudi kurišče za prej omenjeno krušno peč. V kuhinji presenetijo kuhinjski pripomočki, ki so bili ponavadi narejeni kar doma. Od tam potem po lesenih stopnicah napredujemo v višje nadstropje, ki pa je nekoliko drugače zasnovano. Na podstrešje med ogledom ni možno priti. Ogled je primeren za odrasle in otroke. Ko se vrnemo ven iz hiše bolje razumemo zakaj se je "rudarska hiša" tako lepo zlila z okolico. Hiša ima tudi svoj vrtiček, ki ga imenujejo leha. Danes hiša posebej oživi v času vsakoletnega čipkarskega festivala.