The National Coal Mining Museum announces a ‘Smashing Summer’ at t’Pit
A ‘Smashing Summer’ is on offer for visitors to the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield. Read more
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The National Coal Mining Museum welcomes husband & wife team as resident Blacksmiths @ Pit
Martin Harris and Jayne Nicholson, a Yorkshire based couple, have recently relocated their Blacksmith’s business to the National Coal Mining Museum. Based in the Blacksmith’s Forge on the museum’s Hope Pit site, Martin and Jayne will aim to showcase traditional crafts. Read more
The National Coal Mining Museum invites the local community to take part in the Caphouse Colliery Coal Race as part of their #Nationalisation70 commemorations
The Caphouse Colliery Coal Race is a traditional coal-carrying race for men, women and children. The Museum is inviting local people to come along on Saturday 27th May, take part and show their strength and stamina! Read more
The National Coal Mining Museum for England is hosting the launch for the most comprehensive book on the Yorkshire Coalfield, ‘Yorkshire Collieries 1947-1994’ by former Under Manager Eddie Downes
The National Coal Mining Museum for England is hosting a free book launch event for ‘Yorkshire Collieries 1947-1994’ with the book’s author former Undermanager, Eddie Downes, along with former ex-Colliery Overman,Tony Banks. Read more
We Also Served: A specially commissioned theatre production opens at The National Coal Mining Museum for England for Easter weekend
This Easter weekend, the National Coal Mining Museum for England will be hosting a specially commissioned promenade theatre production by Theatre Royal Wakefield’s youth group In on the Act from Good Friday 14 to Easter Monday 17 April. Read more
Have a cracking Easter with family activities above and below the surface at the National Coal Mining Museum for England!
A new exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of the Nationalisation of the coal industry opens at National Coal Mining Museum for England on 3 April 2017
The exhibition will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Nationalisation of the coal industry. Read more
Did you know a Bevin Boy? The National Coal Mining Museum for England is seeking stories and names of Bevin Boys who were conscripted to Yorkshire mines during World War II
This Easter, the National Coal Mining Museum for England will be teaming up with Theatre Royal Wakefield’s In On The Act group, to perform an emotive dramatisation of the nationalisation of the coal industry, seen through the lives of the Bevin Boys. Read more
Why not Come down t’ pit this February Half Term at The National Coal Mining Museum for England?
With February half term fast approaching, the National Coal Mining Museum for England announces a packed programme of activities from 11 February to 26 February, suitable for the whole family to muck in. Read more
The National Coal Mining Museum for England hosts ‘Lest we forget’, a day of sharing stories about World War I
The National Coal Mining Museum for England is running an event in partnership with the Parish of Middlestown with Netherton as part of the project ‘A Parish At War’. The Museum’s event ‘Lest we forget’ invites the public to consider the impact of World War I (WW I) on communities in Yorkshire. Join local history experts from 10 am – 4:15 pm on Saturday 11 February 2017 for a day of sharing stories. Read more