Nottinghamshire Mining Museum

05/11/2024

Listen to the next instalment of our Mining Memories series. We hear from Eric Eaton and discover the methods used to cut coal, and hear of the surprises that await the miner as his machine cuts through millions of years old layers of the Earth’s sedimentary layers.

04/11/2024

We thought we would share this wonderful review of Nottinghamshire Mining Museum by Ian Bickle, after his recent visit with his Dad.

We are closed now, but will open on the 1st February. Schools can still contact us to arrange a visit by ourselves and we can open for groups by special arrangement.

This photograph is of one of our mining lamp display cabinets.

Hi

I visited with my Dad today and it was bloody brilliant.

Amazing museum with lovely people with great knowledge and so helpful.

Really enjoyed my tour with Barrie who couldn’t have been more welcoming.

Keep it up all of you.

ian

27/10/2024

Only 3 days to visit us before we close for the winter - Thursday. Friday and Saturday. 10.00 am to 2.00 pm. We are at the side of Mansfield Railway Station.

23/10/2024

19/10/2024

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11/10/2024

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We’re at the Nottinghamshire Mining Museum today, spreading the word about CISWO’s support for former mineworkers and their families.

Come see us, learn about our services, and explore the museum’s amazing mining history!

We’ll be here until 2pm - come say hello!

07/10/2024

23/09/2024

Heres our next instalment of Mining Memories. Take a listen to this delightful story of a young Bob Bradley starting his training in 1952 and learnt very quickly from some errors along the way.

Bob went on to become a Chief Surveyor for the coal board and has agreed to share some more of his amazing memories with us.
I’m sure you will enjoy listening as much as I have enjoyed editing this wonderful story.

13/09/2024

Click and listen to the first in our new series of Mining Memories.

We present the memories of Clare Dobb who began running when she was around seven or eight years old, not realising that the very park she used was paid for by miners such as her Grandad and Gt Grandad.

Clare says "I felt very destined that I was following very much in my Granddad's footsteps running at Berryhill athletics club, which is at Berryhill park, which is known as the miners park."

Did you know, Berry Hill Park was purchased in 1923 for £10,000 with a 1p levy on every ton of coal produced by coal miners.
That is worth £498,420.93 today!

Look out for the next Mining Memories coming soon.

13/09/2024

NAMING OUR PONY

Help us to NAME our new ‘model’ PIT PONY

This is a call-out to all parents to encourage their children to help us find a name for our new pit pony.

Our pony’s name will be that chosen by most children.

There is a prize of a Mining Activity Theatre Kit (see our previous post for photos of this Kit) for all the children who select the most popular name.

To take part you have to visit the Museum with your child / children. There is a list in the Museum and each child can register their vote. We will need your contact details.

We are in the East Unit of Mansfield Railway Station, Station Road, Mansfield, Notts NG18 1LP. We are open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10.00 am to 2.00 pm.

The names to choose from are:
Captain, Turpin, Star, Sweep, Rocky, Prince, Silver, Picture, Minto, Duke.

The competion will be open until the end of October Half Term.

04/09/2024

SHINING A LIGHT: MUSEUM IN THE PARK – VERY GOOD NEWS TO REPORT

SACRIFICE: COMMUNITY: LEGACY – REMEMBERING THE OVER 3,300 DEATHS IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE’S MINES

WE HAVE VERY GOOD NEWS TO REPORT about our long-term project to create a permanent memorial to the sacrifice of the men who died in Nottinghamshire’s coalmines and to produce materials for schools to pass on the history to future generations.

With the recent news of an award of £14,100 from the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund, we can announce that we have reached our Phase 1 goal of £30,000.

This total has been achieved through a combination of individual donations, grants from Mansfield Building Society, Nottingham Community Fund, Thomas Farr Charity, Brunts Charity, trade unions and the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund.

With the money already donated, we have worked with 150 children in 5 events at three schools in Mansfield, and adults and children at community events in Mansfield and Ollerton.

Our sculptor, Rachel Carter, has created a Mining Theatre Activity Kit which enables us to share Nottinghamshire’s mining history with children in a totally original format.

With the donation from the UK Government Prosperity Fund, we are now in a position where we can ask Rachel Carter to begin the process of designing and creating a maquette (a small model of the final commemorative sculpture).

The process of designing the sculpture will be collaborative and we will hold open events in the Museum for this purpose.

When the maquette is completed in spring 2025 it will be on display in the Museum and at other venues to be arranged.

We will then commence the bigger task of raising the several hundred thousand pounds required to produce the full-size commemorative sculpture, for the Miners’ Park, at Berry Hill Mansfield.

We should like to thank all our donors, small and large.

This photograph is from our Shining a Light: Museum in the Park Project Report and shows children working with the Mining Theatre Activity Kit.

12/08/2024

We would love to see some of your mining pictures in the comments! Please share them below with a line or two about what the photo means to you. 📸

08/11/2023

Thank you to Kevin Jackson for this link.