Labin Public Museum Central & Eastern Istria

The ground floor of this museum, housed in the baroque 18th-century Battiala-Lazzarini Palace, is devoted to archaeological finds. Upstairs is a collection of musical instruments with some fun interactive features. So far, so typical-regional-museum. However, this one's built over a coal pit, which has been turned into a realistic re-creation of an actual coal mine. The town's art gallery is directly across the square.