I don't remember if the Empire State Mine in Nevada City (or Grass Valley,
they're right close to each other) in California discusses gold or just
silver. They used to have a nice little tour and exhibits.



>Indigo Nights wrote:
>
> > In addition to Sutter's Mill in Sacramento--which has
> > some of the most remarkable docentry and is a great
> > historical site--are there other musea dedicated to
> > the subject of gold?
> >
>
>In an attempt to offer something of use may I offer the following
>response:
>
>I have just received an invitation to the opening of the `Gold of Africa
>Museum'. Situated in Cape Town this museum is `dedicated to the history
>and artistry of African gold'. Amongst other artefacts, gold artefacts
>excavated at the Thulamela site in the Kruger National Park (normally
>housed and curated at our museum on behalf of the South African National
>Parks Board) and artefacts from the Mapungubwe site will be on
>exhibition. Both these sites have close ties with Greater Zimbabwe.
>
>In addition the town of Pilgrim's Rest
>(http://www.places.co.za/html/pilgrims_rest.html) is developed as a
>living museum depicting different periods of the gold rush in that
>region.
>
>Barberton (http://www.places.co.za/html/barberton.html) also has
>museum(s) and sites which deal with the gold rush in that area, amongst
>others the first stock exchange in South Africa.
>
>George Harrison Park http://www.geosites.co.za/historicalgold.htm),
>where the Main Reef which led to the development of the city of
>Johannesburg was discovered, is developed as a site museum.
>
>Gold Reef City (http://www.goldreefcity.co.za/), a more commercial
>venture, also aims at telling the story of the discovery of gold in
>Johannesburg. Here one can go underground in some of the old workings,
>watch the pouring of gold bars, etc.
>
>Roodepoort Museum (http://www.museums.org.za/roodepoortmuseum/) also
>deals with the discovery of gold in the Johannesburg area.
>
>MuseumAfrica
>(http://southafrica.geopassage.com/attraction.asp?attrID=34) also deals
>with gold in Johannesburg and explores the social issues arising out of
>the gold mining industry.
>
>The Museum of the Council for Geosciences (CGS)
>(http://www.geoscience.org.za/divisions/collections/main.htm) deals with
>gold from a more technical point of view, as does the Bleloch Museum
>(http://www.wits.ac.za/science/geology/bleloch.htm#top).
>
>The examples above are all from South Africa. During the ICOM meeting in
>Melbourne in 1998, one of the excursions was to Bendigo
>(http://www.hitech.net.au/ianje/Bendigo.htm) where one can also go
>underground and take a historic tram tour of the city.
>
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