Opening hours

Mon - Sat: 10am - 4:45pm
Closed: Sundays and Bank Holidays

Free Entry

There may be a charge for special exhibitions. Please call to confirm.

Early closing

Please note that the museum will be closing early on the following days:

Wednesday 8 September closing at 3pm.
Thursday 16 September closing at 4pm.

We appologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.

One of the particular strengths of our Library is the range and quality of the documents that we hold. In addition to the archives of various local families, we hold records of local mining companies and a variety of other types of manuscript material including letter books, antiquarian notes and papers, maps and plans and election material. There are, in addition, over one hundred boxes of unpublished notes on various subjects.