Open Wednesday to Sunday 9.45am – 4pm / December Weekends (until 22 December) 9.45am – 6.15pm
Please note that we are set to temporarily pause our iconic Underground Tours, from Sunday 29 December until April 2025, to install a brand new winding engine which allows us to take visitors 140 metres underground. The Museum will remain open with a brand-new digital immersive experience launching in January 2025.
This black and white photograph shows miners outside St Hilda’s colliery, South Shields waiting for a meeting taking place during the 1926 General Strike.