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Peak District Mining Museum

Summer 10 am - 5 pm, Mine Tours Daily 12 noon 2pm

Winter 11 am - 3 pm, Mine Tours Weekends Only, 12 noon and 2pm

Visit a museum where you can experience and wonder at the forgotten world of a Derbyshire lead miner. For centuries, men have toiled underground in cramped and hazardous conditions to earn a meagre living by extracting the mineral galena (lead ore). See the tools they used, clothes they wore, the advances in technology and the importance of this metal in our modern day lives. Crawl and climb through a maze of twisted tunnels and shafts to feel for yourself the cramped conditions.

     There is also the opportunity to go underground into a real fluorspar mine nearby, where you can also pan for fools gold and gems!

The museum welcomes school groups and will cater for any Key Stage. Museum staff can give customised tours of the museum and mine, to suit your needs. Object handling workshops and role-play activities are also available.

The museum is also popular with adult/ undergraduate groups.

The museum is also popular with adult/ undergraduate groups.