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	Like Dr. Who’s Tardis the Museum seems a lot bigger on the inside than the outside. “I could spend hours here”, G. Scott, Coventry “Packed with interest”, R. Barker , Hadlow “Lots of interesting things in such a small building”, A. Freemantle, Finchley

In our authentic cottage kitchen glimpse home life as it was for lead-mining families over 100 years ago.

Find out more about life in Victorian Weardale through the eyes of its children.

Learn how the lead-miners, to make ends meet, had to combine mining with work on the farm.

See our remarkable display of minerals, crystals and fossils.

Discover how, after the lead-mines closed, the Upper Weardale Extension Railway was constructed to revive the fortunes of the Dale.

Learn about John Wesley’s 13 visits to Weardale and the incredible story of the early Methodist pioneers. Visit High House Chapel and see the largest collection of Methodist memorabilia in the North East.

And much, much more.


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