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Features sites for museums that present exhibits, interactive experiences, and educational opportunities related to the mining industry located in the United Kingdom.

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• Blue Hills Tin Streams

  http://www.bluehillstin.com/
  Working tin mine offers tours of the mine plus tin jewellery made on site. Includes some history and online guided tour of processes.

• Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum

  http://www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk/
  Visitor information including opening times, map, and bookings. Includes map of ironstone mines and industry history. Located in Skinningrove, Cleveland.

• Durham Mining Museum

  http://www.dmm.org.uk/
  History and culture of the coal mining industry in the North of England. Includes details of fatalities, disaster and collieries and pits.

• Honister Slate Mine

  http://www.honister-slate-mine.co.uk/
  Describes England's only Slate Mine at Honister Pass, Keswick, where there are underground visits and a heritage centre. The history of the slate mine and general information about slate is given.

• Langton Matravers Museum

  http://www.langtonia.org.uk/
  Former Coach House Museum provides exhibits devoted to the history of local limestone. Includes a visitor's guide. Located in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset.

• Modern History Sourcebook: Women Miners in the English Coal Pits

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1842womenminers.asp
  An account of women and girls working in British coal mines in 1842.

• National Coal Mining Museum

  http://www.ncm.org.uk/
  The museum at Wakefield in West Yorkshire gives the visitor the opportunity to go 450ft down one of the oldest working mines in England. Includes a guide to the history and facilities.

• National Mining Museum Scotland

  http://nationalminingmuseum.com/
  Located at the Lady Victoria Colliery was founded to preserve and present Scotland's mining heritage. Visitor information, history of the mine and information about special functions.

• National Slate Museum

  http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/slate
  Heritage centre at Llanberis, bringing back to life the inheritance of the North Wales slate industry. Visitor information, events and educational section.

• Peak District Mines Historical Society (PDMHS)

  http://www.pdmhs.com/
  Exists to preserve industrial heritage sites related to mining for lead, fluorspar, barytes and other minerals in the Peak District. Information about their projects, resources, museum, publications and a list of British mines in 1896.

• Sygun Copper Mine

  http://www.syguncoppermine.co.uk/
  Situated in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, where there are winding tunnels and large, colourful chambers. Brief information about the mine, and about the stalactite and stalagmite formations.

• The Museum of Lead Mining

  http://www.leadminingmuseum.co.uk/
  Scotland's only former lead mine at Wanlockhead in South West Scotland. Brief visitor information about the underground tour, and the museum with its mineral display.

• Yorkshire Dales Mining Museum

  http://www.yorkshiredalesminingmuseum.com/
  Contains lead mining relics. Includes an overview of the group, collection details, opening times, and an admission charge.

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