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Opening Hours

Easter to October 10am–5pm November to Easter 10am–4pm

The museum is open 7 days a week, except over Christmas and New Year. Please check our website or Facebook page for opening hours over the festive period.

You should try to allow 2-3 hours for your visit and we recommend that you bring warm clothes with you – some areas of the museum can be fairly cold all year round.

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We run a regular programme of events Why not download our iPhone or Android app before your throughout the visit – your year. personal The museum is open 7 days a week For fullmultimedia guide around the colliery with an exciting andupengaging commentary by | Child FREE details and to with the exception of Christmas and New Year. Please call to confirm Adult £8.50 narrated | Conc £6.50 date information famous Scottish Author Ian Rankin.

Mini Miners Soft Play £3 for 1 hour, £4 2 hours thefor opening hours during the Christmas and New Year period. please see the Annual Passes * Price £2.99.events page of 10am - 5pm March to October Adult £25 | Concession £20 our website.

10am - 4pm November to February Family (1 adult) £30 ** | (2 adults @ £28) £56*** Follow us on You should try to allow around 2-3 hours for your visit and we * (includes access to e-newsletter, 10% discount in gift shop and café and invitation to annual passholders’ event) recommend that you bring warm clothes with you – some areas of ** (includes 10 x 1 hour Mini Miners Soft Play theVouchers) museum can be fairly cold all year round. *** (includes 20 x 1 hour Mini Miners Soft Play Vouchers)

Admission Prices

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ADMISSION PRICES

Groups welcome!

Please see our website or call our reception for group rates.

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Annual Passes!

Annual Pass (includes access to e-newsletter, 10% discount in gift www.nationalminingmuseum.com shop and café and invitation to annual passholders’ event)

Exhibitions Tours Gift Shop Cafe Functions

Pithead Tour

National Mining Museum Scotland is a 5 STAR visitor attraction housed in the wonderfully restored Lady Victoria Colliery, the finest surviving Victorian colliery in Europe and the only A-listed colliery buildings in Scotland. National Mining Museum Scotland is a Recognised Collection of National Significance.

Take a tour of the pithead and experience the atmosphere and noise of a working pit with the personal insights and anecdotes of our guides, all of whom are ex-miners or try our multimedia self-guided tour (recorded by Ian Rankin) for a fascinating look behind the scenes with amazing archive footage.

Our reference library houses mining books, journals, trade catalogues and periodicals as well as the archive of the Lothian Coal Company. We also have a collection of over 22,000 photographs covering the history of the Scottish collieries and their communities. The library is open to researchers by appointment on Thursdays. Details of our loans service are available on our website.

Café Why not download our iPhone or Android app before your visit – your personal multimedia guide around the colliery with an exciting and engaging commentary narrated by famous Scottish Author Ian Rankin. Price £2.99.

The Story of Coal Exhibition Yo u r e x p e r i e n c e b e g i n s w i t h c o a l ’s c r e a t i o n i n t h e Carboniferous period 360 million years ago and follows hu ma n ef fo r t s to e x t r ac t i t f r o m t h e e a r t h f r o m t h e 13th century through to modern times.

Archives, Library and Loans Service

Our café, operated by award winning Saltire Hospitality, is open 7 days a week and offers a superb range of hot and cold snacks and lunches, speciality coffees and freshly baked homemade cakes. Our friendly staff would be delighted to welcome you in for a tasty treat.

Big Stuff Massive Machinery Tour Guided tours on Wednesdays and Sundays

Mar vel at the 40 foot coal shearer, the massive winding engine from Francis Colliery, underground carriages, cages, locomotives and much more!

A Race Apart Exhibition Find out exactly what life was like, at home and at work, for the miners and their families in Scotland’s mining communities.

Winding Engine See Scotland’s largest winding engine in action. This winding engine hauled men and coal up and down the pit shaft for nearly 90 years and is still in working order.

Family Fun

The Old Power House

Mini Miners Soft Play Ticks all the boxes for parents with kids under 8. Open 7 days and available for birthday parties.

Mining Mechanics The interactive zone for older kids is a hands-on introduction to the science of coal mining. There is also an art-cart, toys and Nintendo Wii. Toddler Tuesdays Fun for the under 5s on the first Tuesday of every month (10am).

PLUS: • Find the Colliery Cats Activity • Victorian Dress up • Outdoor Play Area • Picnic Areas • Museum Trails for all ages.

Our fantastic function room has many original features including an 18th century beam engine. The space can be hired for weddings, chr is tenings, funer als, par ties, conferences, seminars and more. Contact Saltire Hospitality on 0131 333 0131 for further information.