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Children in Mines

'Miners lives at 5½p each': The Government Enquiry into the 1913 Senghenydd mine disaster

What's Here

. . The Real Underground Experience - Big Pit National Coal Museum Big Pit is a real coal mine and one of Britain's leading mining museums. With facilities to educate and entertain all ages, Big Pit is an exciting and informative day out....

Dinorwig '69: End of the line for one of the largest slate quarries in the world

Family Paint Alongs

16 May 2026, 10.30am & 2.30pm

National Waterfront Museum

Waterfront Wildlings

Waterfront Wildings

10, 24 June, 8, 15 July, 9 & 30 September 2026, 10.30am - 12pm

National Waterfront Museum

Paint Along

26 June 2026, 7.30pm

National Waterfront Museum

Industry

Pantygasseg mine, photograph

Photographer: Jackson, Paul (Mr)

(1995 (circa))

2006.11/4

Industry

Pantygasseg mine, photograph

Photographer: Jackson, Paul (Mr)

(1995 (circa))

2006.11/6

Industry

Pantygasseg mine, photograph

Photographer: Jackson, Paul (Mr)

(1995 (circa))

2006.11/5

Trilobites in Wales

A green segmented King Ragworm with a white head and numerous small, hair-like appendages on each segment. The worm’s body is elongated and curves into a spiral shape, with the tail end coiling around towards the head.

A can of worms – what are marine bristleworms and why are they so important?

Katie Mortimer-Jones & Teresa Darbyshire

Detail showing extent of paint loss and flaking

Conserving Anti-Apartheid Banners

Madalyne Epperson and Sarah Bayliss

31 January 2024

Wooden spoon with an intricately carved handle. The handle is carved into an elaborate symmetrical shape with two hearts cut out of the centre.

Welsh love spoons

25 January 2024

A girl with brown hair and a red sweater looks at a recreation of a collapsing mine tunnel

Into the Drift: An underground experience

Ages: Step 1 (Age 3-5), Step 2 (Age 5-8)

Science of Welsh Industry | Explosions

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

Coal in a dram

Coal Children: Working in Industrial Wales

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)

Coity Tip

Ages: Suitable for all