The Big Pit museum is a 140-year-old former coal mine in Blaenavon, in south Wales and part of Museum Wales, a government-backed body which is bound to follow a Labour directive to set “the ...
Big Pit was a working mine from 1880 to 1980 and the buildings on the surface date from around 1900 to the 1970s. Information submitted on behalf of National Museum Wales describes the ...
A pop-up art installation to honour Welsh miners who served in World War One has been installed at Big Pit National Coal Museum at Blaenavon. The one-day exhibition launches a nationwide campaign ...
"I love Blaenavon," Susan told WalesOnline ... t deliver the anticipated boost, though Big Pit, the former mine transformed into an impressive museum, draws about 100,000 visitors each year.