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King Coal: The Mining Experience

. Enjoy an exciting audio-visual experience with exhibitions of modern mining equipment in the Big Pit Mining Galleries. Set into the hillside above the colliery, the galleries house simulated underground workings and a multi-media presentation t...

Venue Hire at Big Pit National Coal Museum

. Big Pit combines the heritage of Welsh coal mining with excellent facilities and a warm Valleys welcome. Located in the town of Blaenafon, the National Coal Museum is available to hire for your events. For office away days, meetings o...

Petrology: Coal Collection

Big Pit National Coal Museum

Valleys High Street

Valleys’ High Street

30–31 March & 7–8 April 2026, 11am-3pm

Big Pit National Coal Museum

The Big Bash 2026

Big Pit's Big Bash

Big Pit National Coal Museum

Industry

National Coal Board career/trade fair, photograph

Photographer: National Coal Board

(1956 (circa))

2003.12/4

Art

Coal Furnace

Artist: BRITISH SCHOOL, 20th Century

NMW A 18641

Industry

Ocean Coal Company, coal wagon model

Production: Slater's Plastikard Limited

(1998 (circa))

2016.59/1

A brown horse stands on a track; he has a mask covering his face and is pulling a cart behind him and there's a green shed to one side

Welsh colliery horses

by Ceri Thompson

Sepia photograph of two plaster models for sculptures on the left and right corners of a building; each of the sculptures has three human figures

Attic sculptures at National Museum Cardiff

by Kristine Chapman

23 September 2022

Arthur the Arthropleura in EoW

Arthur the Arthropleura

Lost worlds of Gondwana

Lost worlds of Gondwana

Leonid Popov, Honorary Research Fellow

Four pupils dressed in Victorian period clothing. The Big Pit head gear can be seen behind them

Small Coal: Colliers & Coal Owners in 30 minutes

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)

Coal and Wales | An introduction

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11), Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)

Coal | A Teaching Resource Pack

Ages: Suitable for all

Coal in a dram

Coal Children: Working in Industrial Wales

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)