Visit old Maggie in her home, and listen as she recounts tales of her childhood as a door-girl underground and of life in the nineteenth century. Maggie is happy to answer questions about living and working conditions in the early days of mining.

What was life like for the thousands of children in Victorian Britain who went out to work? Draw on a variety of sources of evidence to find out more about the lives of working children, including objects from our collections.

Discover what Christmas was like for mining families during Victorian Times. What did people eat? Did they receive gifts? Come and find out more, then Create your own Christmas decorations to take back to school.

Cost £60 for up to 35 pupils

Links to the curriculum

History Victorians

A guided tour 90 metres underground with an ex-miner who recounts their personal experience of working underground. Key developments in the history of the coalfield are covered, to tell the story of how coal made Wales.

Take a walk around Coity Tip, the former spoil heap for Big Pit. Learn more about the life of the tip, and the plants and animals which can be found at this mini nature reserve.

The National Library of Wales and National Museum Wales are leading a project to produce education resources for schools to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. As part of this project we are using items from the collections of both institutions to create digital teaching resources for Hwb.