Type Mining museum Phone +44 1639 851833 | Nearest car park On site (free) Established 1976 | |
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Location Cynonville, Port Talbot, South Wales Website South Wales Miners' Museum Address Afan Forest Park, Cynonville, Port Talbot SA13 3HG, UK Hours Open today · 10AM–4PMTuesday10AM–4PMWednesday10AM–4PMThursday10AM–4PMFriday10AM–4PMSaturday10AM–4PMSunday10AM–4PMMonday10AM–4PMSuggest an edit Similar Cyfarthfa Castle Museum, Cefn Mably Farm Park, Newport Museum, Cardiff Story Museum, National Roman Legion M Profiles | ||
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The South Wales Miners' Museum is a museum of the coal mining industry and its workforce in the South Wales coalfield. It is located at Cynonville within the Afan Forest Park Visitor Centre in the Afan Forest Park, near the small village of Cymmer in Port Talbot.
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HistoryEdit
The museum, the first of its kind in Wales, opened in June 1976. The main features of the museum at that time included a traditional miner's cottage scene and display cabinets containing historical photographs and documents designed to reflect the industrial heritage of mining in Wales. In 1976, the museum received The Prince of Wales Award, and two years later it was highly placed in the National Heritage Museum of the Year Award. The museum was also highly commended by the British Tourist Authority in their "Come to Britain" competition. Today the museum receives about 100,000 visitors a year.
Facilities and exhibitionsEdit
The museum, which re-opened in 2008 after rebuilding, features a recreation of a tunnel where models of children can be seen crawling though the space underground. There is also a realistic stable with a miner, his pit pony and trailer. Outdoor exhibits include a blacksmith's shop, a lamp room with Davy lamps, a pithead wheel, a haulage engine and coal dram.