Thuessay 28th and Friday 29th April we are closed due to electrical work being carried out. Apologies for any inconvenience. We are open...

Apologies the museum is closed Thursday 21st April. Open as usual on Friday 22nd as normal

This weeks item of the week is a series of badges produced around the time of the 1984/85 Miners Strike. Many of the badges here at SWMM...

We were delighted to welcome the Lord Lieutenant D Byron Lewis to the museum yesterday to officially present the 2017 Queens Award for...

We are delighted to announce that South Wales Miners' Museum has been awarded the 2017 Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. This is the...

When we think of carrying out conservation work on delicate objects we all imagine such processes taking part in pristine white labs with...

This Tobacco Box was found during the recovery and landscaping of the Old Afan Colliery Coal Tips, Abergwynfi, in 1974. The Tobacco Box...

Our volunteers have been busy today tidying up the entrance to the Afan Argoed/Cynon Colliery Level. As part of the HLF and LEADER...

The picture above is of one of my favourite museum pieces, a beautiful handwritten book on mine ventilation. The subject matter is not...

As part of a new feature our Collections Officer, Will Sims, will be talking about the jobs he carries out in order to protect the...

On 22nd October the Museum celebrated the 45th Anniversary of volunteering and the launch of the ‘Past to Present’ project. The day was...