Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum
Yorkshire
Skininngrove

Unique and guided tour dedicated to the heritage of ironstone. Standing on the site of the first ironstone mine in Cleveland and offers visitors the chance to experience life underground as a miner.

Following a short film introducing the origins, decline and legacy of the Cleveland ironstone mines, step into the museum gallery as our fully-trained guides go through our history, plans and artefacts. Discover how the miners were paid, what equipment they carried into the black tunnels, and find out to what terrifying use they put papier-mâché! Then take a tour down the North Drift to experience for yourself life down a mine.

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