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Big Pit Mining Museum

Category: Monuments + Museums

M4, (Junction 26), Blaenavon, NP4 9XP

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National Museum Wales | Big Pit: National Coal Museum
Big Pit stands on the edge of Blaenafon, a town that played a vital part in the Industrial Revolution. This revolution transformed the landscape, culture and society of Wales, the UK and the world. Awarding World Heritage Status to the town and landscape marked the wider impact of Blaenafon's unique...
museumwales.ac.uk

Big Pit Mining Museum Shows Off New Face After £7m Makeover - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
The realistic nature of the exhibits is clearly central to Big Pit’s appeal. "There’s a lot of controversy in the history of mining," points out Walker, who has been with Big Pit for the last twelve years. "It’s controversy that we’ve been involved in and we don’...
24hourmuseum.org.uk

Big Pit
Big Pit Mining Museum is the Welsh National Coal Mining Museum and is something of a flagship for Welsh museums. The museum itself is excellent but the pit was extensively modernised during its working life and as such retains little of stationary steam interest. A vast amount of mining equipment is...
myweb.tiscali.co.uk

Big Pit Mining Museum, Blaenafon, South, UK
The Museum offers a vivid insight into the life of South Wales miners and their communities. Ex-miners take visitors, equipped with helmets, down 300 feet for a guided underground tour of the coalface. Visitors can also learn of the methods of coal extraction at the Mining Gallery. Courtesy of Big P...
bestloved.com

Attraction information for Big Pit National Mining Museum of Wales: VisitBritain
For a unique and unforgettable experience visit Big Pit Mining Museum. Travel 300ft underground in the pit cage, to walk through underground roadways with an ex-miner as your guide. There is plenty to do on the surface too, including a visit to the winding engine house, the blacksmith's workshop and...
visitbritain.com

Big Pit Mining Museum, an Attraction in Torfaen, South Wales. Search for South Wales Attractions.
The Museum Collection presents a collection of replicas, cards and gifts from some of the leading museums and galleries in Britain as well as many overseas. Most items are produced by or with the museums themselves, so your purchases will help the respecti...
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