TheMuseum is open Wednesday to Sunday 9.45am – 5pm
Following further negotiations with UNISON,industrial action, largely affecting our Underground Tours, is confirmed to take place until Sunday 12 October. Although Underground Tours will be unavailable during this period, theMuseum Remains Open, and continues to share the important history of coal mining with our visitors. Read the full statement here and FAQs.
This poster, illustrated by Arthur Atkinson, has a poem and drawings in its centre, surrounded by signatures and professions of everyone working at the colliery, saying farewell to the colliery owners upon the occasion of Nationalisation.