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.
‘No Privatisation’ poster relating to the 1992/93 coal industry. The poster shows a pink faceless crowd with a train, cooling towers and headgear in the background. There is a banned sign with ‘privatisation’ written across the middle of it.