National Coal Mining Museum for England

From Miner’s lamps to coal cutters, the collection covers all aspects of the coal mining industry, encompassing communities, science, technology and art. Includes illustrated catalogue of pit checks, badges and lamps. You can access the Museum's collections online with pictures and descriptions of some of the items in the collections, many of which are not on display in the galleries. The artefacts collection is divided into different sections (Tools of the Trade, Lives & Voices and Paintings and Pictures) each has a description of what is included in this section and why it is important that we collect these types of item. Includes illustrated catalogue of pit checks, badges and lamps.