Category Archives: Mine
Ben’s Visit to the Surface Gallery
Yesterday we welcomed Ben with his grandparents, as the first wheelchair user in our surface mine display based on a training gallery formerly used at Kellingley Colliery, the last deep […]
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Mine Tours Return
The news we’ve all been waiting for… we’re finally able to restart the underground mine tours! We’ve consulted with the powers that be and have the go ahead to run […]
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Opening the New Surface Gallery
On Sunday we held the official opening of our New Surface Gallery. This is a recreation of a section of a coal mine above ground that is accessible to a […]
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Re-Opening
We’re pleased to announce that we are re-opening on the 4th July! As with other businesses there are changes to our normal operations. Initially we’ll be only be opening at […]
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Winter Half Term 2017
It’s nearly half-term again and we’re going to be able to run mine tours on Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd February. The museum will be open as well, […]
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Extended Tours
Some exciting news.. On February 18th we will be running extended mine tours to parts of the mine not previously open to the public. This a bit more of a […]
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New Education Pack
Something for teachers – our brand new education pack has just arrived hot of the presses. It’s been updated for the latest revision of the national curriculum, has all of […]
New Lamp Room
If you’ve visited us over the last couple of week you may have heard the sound of drilling, hammering and general mayhem. Nothing to be concerned about, it was just […]
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School Holiday Opening 2014
In the words of Mr Cooper, “Schools out for summer”, and this year we’re going to have extended opening hours throughout the holidays. Our café will be open as usual […]
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Half Term Mine Tours
Half term already? If you are looking for something to do with the kids/grand kids, we will be running mine tours tomorrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday, and the museum will be […]
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