Museo Historico Minero Diego Huallpa, Potosi Department, Bolivia

4.5 (7 reviews) Spent Ranking #16 in Potosi Speciality Museums • Mines

Tour does not acknowledge important facts

Tour lasted around an hour and a half, with the guide speaking relatively good English. For the price of a few pounds, the tour was good, however it was hard to enjoy the tour with the guide seeming to ignore important facts. This included knowledge of the 9 million people that had died in the mines from where the silver was sourced within 300 years, slavery, and the fact that conditions in the mine are apparently still similar today with poor conditions. This in whole only summarized the making of coins and the currency of Bolivia today. I felt that it should have paid tribute to the people who worked and suffered in the mines as 9 million deaths is appalling.

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, Potosi, Bolivia.

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4.5 based on (7 reviews)

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  • 2Jack S 5:00 PM Aug 29, 2017
    Tour does not acknowledge important facts
    Tour lasted around an hour and a half, with the guide speaking relatively good English. For the price of a few pounds, the tour was good, however it was hard to enjoy the tour with the guide seeming to ignore important facts. This included knowledge of the 9 million people that had died in the mines from where the silver was sourced within 300 years, slavery, and the fact that conditions in the mine are apparently still similar today with poor conditions. This in whole only summarized the making of coins and the currency of Bolivia today. I felt that it should have paid tribute to the people who worked and suffered in the mines as 9 million deaths is appalling.

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