Museo Histórico Minero de Santa Rosalía
A mining museum in the former office building of the French Boleo copper company, with old locomotives and smelter ruins outside.
The museum sits on the heights of the French quarter north of Santa Rosalía. Its wooden office building preserves ledgers, surveying instruments, office furniture and photographs of miners, telling the story of the French company's copper mining here from 1885 to 1954. Around it you can see old steam locomotives, the tall chimneys of the abandoned smelter, and dock facilities, along with the Hotel Francés, surrounded by wooden verandas. Admission is cheap, and it is generally closed on Sundays. It can be scheduled together with the iron church and the famous Boleo Bakery.
Opening hours
Approx. Mon–Sat, 8:00 AM–3:00 PM
Nearby sights
- Iglesia de Santa Bárbara, Santa Rosalía
- La Trinidad Rock Paintings
- Punta Chivato
- San Borjitas Cave Paintings
- Museo Regional de Mulegé (Former Prison)
- Mulegé River & Palm Oasis
- Mission Santa Rosalía de Mulegé
- Cerro El Sombrerito & Lighthouse