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.
A lithograph by artist and miner Tom McGuinness. Titled Women Waiting for News, it depicts four women at the metal railings of the colliery boundary, with colliery headgear in the background.
