Explore Caphouse, a modern colliery that witnessed more than two hundred years of coal production. Hear stories directly from former miners about their careers and understand the roles men, women, children, animals, and machinery played in the operation of the mine.
Visit the Technology Gallery and see some of the tools of the trade to discover how miners overcame the challenges of working underground including a new permanent exhibition “A Light in the Darkness” which looks at the contribution that Sir Humphry Davy and others made in the lamp’s evolution. And discover much much more on the history of coal mining.
