- The museum has been granted full status as a museum by Resource.
- The museum collection documentation is currently being entered into a database, including photographs. The database with then be made available on the internet allowing schools and the public to make a virtual visit to the museum from anywhere in the world
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- The museum's growing collection of mining related books is currently being documented and input into a database which can be downloaded by clicking on the icon below (Microsoft Access will be required for now). The collection of books, a large proportion of which have been donated by Lady Victoria Colliery and Snibston Discovery Center, are being input weekly (05/03/03) and the .mdb file will grow as this work continues. Access to the collection can be arranged. Please contact David Savage
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- The group's growing collection of Oral History tapes records the memories of the local miners and their families. The subjects include Haig Pit, New Houses (miners dwellings demolished in 1940) and Wellington Pit. Tapes are currently being made of ex-Haig employees who now work in the museum.
Copies of the tapes are available on Mini-Disc, CD-Rom (WAV files) or conventional Tape. Further Information is available from Toni Desovski.
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