Please note that we have temporarily paused our iconic Underground Tours until April 2025, to install a brand new winding engine. The Museum remains open with a brand-new Time Tunnel experience now bookable.
This sectioned lamps shows the internal workings of a modern mining lamp. Underneath the bonnet you can see twin gauzes which make the lamp safe. In the fuel vessel in the base you can see wool which was used to stop the fuel sloshing about when miners were moving underrground.
