Durham Mining Museum
Volunteer-run memorial museum in Spennymoor Town Hall on mining in northern England, with a simulated underground coalface and tunnel.
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About the museum
The Durham Mining Museum was established in 1998 and is housed on the first floor of Spennymoor Town Hall. It is a memorial museum for the people who lost their lives in mining accidents in northern England since 1293. Its subject is not only County Durham, but also Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland and the ironstone mines of North Yorkshire.
The museum has three display areas. Visitors can walk through a simulated underground coalface and tunnel, which includes a life-sized model pit pony and a coal tub. Other displays show mining artefacts, models of machines, photographs, diagrams, information panels and DVD presentations.
The displays are looked after by volunteers, many of whom worked underground themselves. A large archive on mining and mining communities is also available on the museum’s website.
Highlights
- Simulated underground coalface and tunnel
- Life-sized model pit pony and coal tub
- Memorial to people who died in northern English mines since 1293
- Mining artefacts, machine models and photographs
- Large online archive on mining and mining communities
Permanent exhibitions
- Simulated coalface and tunnel – A walk-through reconstruction of an underground tunnel and coalface with a life-sized model pit pony and a coal tub.
- Mining memorial and collection – Artefacts, machine models, photographs, diagrams and DVD presentations that commemorate people killed in the mines of northern England.
- Founded
- 1998
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission is free, but a donation is welcome.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
There is a lift to the museum on the first floor, to the right of the main doors of the Town Hall. No further access details are published.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits outside the usual hours can be arranged for groups by telephone. |
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