Peak District Mining Museum

The The National Stone Centre Geo-Science & Heritage Park is an amazing place to explore throughout the year whether you have a passion for stone, fossils, ecology, industrial heritage or just for the cake in the cafe!

It is going to be a busy 2025 with walks & talks from the museum! To start off here are lots of walk dates to put on your new calendar. There will also be some special walks for the Easter, Spring Bank and August Bank Holidays - more details to come. We will be holding a series of talks from April through to September - if you would like to present a talk please do get in touch with Clare Herbert. Talks will be on the 2nd Tuesday of April, May, June, July, August & September. Details of talks to come. These are relaxed social events which generate plenty of discussions as well as raising funds for the museum - we look forward to meeting with you in 2025.

In the 1st of our monthly posts looking at some of the museum's artefacts, we have one of our manager's favourite items - an ornate, broken pot re-used as a candle holder underground. Why is this her favourite? 'This is clearly not the kind of pottery the miners would own and yet it was found underground being used by them as a candle holder, complete with tallow dip. This tells of the different classes living within the villages with our miners quite probably finding the broken pot on the refuse tip of one of the wealthier households and rather cheekily taking it to light their workings. It is definitely not something you expect to find in use underground and that makes it rather special.' #MuseumArtefacts #MiningArtefacts #Mining #Museum #IndustrialHistory

Not sure where 2024 went but we certainly had a blast at the Museum! These are a few of the things we got up to this year. 2025 - we are ready for you! Thank you to all the people who supported the museum whether it was as a visitor leaving a review, making a shop purchase or donation, and by completing our visitor surveys. As a volunteer helping to fix any problems and create new displays. Or, online sharing our posts and commenting on them to help raise our profile. And thank you to the museum staff who come up with so many wonderful ideas to make the visitor experience even better.

During 2024 we: ⚒️ Created over 200 posts. ⚒️ Gained 667 new followers. All of which has taken us to over 1000 followers! Coming up in 2025: ⚒️ Look out on the 1st Jan for the first in a series of monthly posts on some of our favourite artefacts in the museum collection. ⚒️ Find out about some of our artefacts in a bit more detail including information on where they came from as well as their age & use. ⚒️ Keep up to date with our walks & talks programme and our temporary exhibitions. ⚒️ Discover the work we are doing towards our relocation & expansion into the new Mining & Quarrying Museum at the The National Stone Centre Geo-Science & Heritage Park. Please continue to comment on and share our posts as it helps us to reach new people. If you would like to know even more about historic mining follow our manager Clare Herbert who posts twice a week (Sunday & Wednesday evenings) usually about mining techniques, old mines etc. The Institute of Quarrying Minerals Matter James Thorne Helen Bailey AIM - Association of Independent Museums

If you need somewhere to go to keep the kids busy on the 1st Jan we are open 10am - 3pm! Mine tours at 11am & 1pm. Join our heritage walk around Matlock Bath at 2pm (No booking just turn up £4 per person). And, we have a record fair in the Pump Room from 9am until 1pm!

We are open 11am - 3pm every day up to the 5th Jan.

Don't miss our special offer on the 1st Jan - visit the museum, go on a mine tour & join a guided walk around Matlock Bath for just £16 per adult. Make sure to book on to the 11am mine tour as the 1pm tour will finish after the walk has left. (Ring 01629 583834 to book as places are limited). What a great way to start the new year! Dogs can join you for all of the activities. And, your museum ticket is valid for return visits as many times as you like for the next 12-months.

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Pop in for a chat or just to be around other people in the shop if you need a bit of company. Our staff are happy to chat in between serving customers and we particularly encourage them to do so during the festive season. PDMHS members - wave your membership proof at us and have a free cuppa with us as well. And if life is going great then pop in and tell us all about that as well!