The collection at the National Coal Mining Museum, near Wakefield, celebrates the work of industry photographer Martyn Pitt. They give an insight into the hidden underground world of deep coal ...

Wakefield’s National Coal Mining Museum for England (NCMME) will be launching an exciting new experience in January 2025.

Union members at the National Coal Mining Museum have voted in favour of taking strike action over pay, Unison has said. Union officials said the Wakefield museum's pay offer was half the rate of ...

The National Coal Mining Museum exhibition includes memories of miners branded scabs for returning to work. Lynn Dunning, chief executive officer at the museum in Wakefield, said the aim was to ...

Then let off some steam in our Adventure Playground! The National Coal Mining Museum is one of over 200 attractions around the UK that Blue Peter badge holders can get into for free. To gain free ...

It’s sweeping curves are inspired by the protective wings of a canary, drawing on Wakefield’s renowned coal mining heritage. Canaries are held dear at the National Coal Mining Museum ...

National Coal Mining Museum: ‘I went to visit Santa down pit before the underground closes’ Most people who go on a school trip in Yorkshire will at some point venture underground at the ...

It’s sweeping curves are inspired by the protective wings of a canary, drawing on Wakefield’s renowned coal mining heritage. Canaries are held dear at the National Coal Mining Museum ...

Alan Chalkley and Rob Harper at the National Coal Mining Museum. Photo ... predominantly at Nostell Colliery in Wakefield. In the three decades that followed, he stayed in engineering, in a ...