National Mining Museum Scotland

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Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Midlothian

44 artworks

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The story of coal, and the effect of the efforts to bring it out of the ground is vividly explored in the Museum.

Lady Victoria Colliery, Dalkeith, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4QN Scotland

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0131 663 7519

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Artworks

  • Coal Hutch
    Coal Hutch Andrew Barr (active c.1970)
    National Mining Museum Scotland
  • Seam (II)
    Seam (II) Andrew Barr (active c.1970)
    National Mining Museum Scotland
  • Mining Life
    Mining Life Robert Olley (b.1940)
    National Mining Museum Scotland
  • James Watt (1736–1819)
    James Watt (1736–1819) unknown artist
    National Mining Museum Scotland
  • Miner's Lamp
    Miner's Lamp unknown artist
    National Mining Museum Scotland
  • Coal Face Relief
    Coal Face Relief unknown artist
    National Mining Museum Scotland
  • Prestongrange Colliery and Morrison's Haven
    Prestongrange Colliery and Morrison's Haven Charles H. Woolford (1864–1934)
    National Mining Museum Scotland
  • 37 more

Artists

  • Portrait of a Miner
    W. Staniowski
  • Still Life
    Charles H. Woolford (1864–1934)
  • Pickford Narrow Boat 'Hope' at a Lock
    unknown artist
  • Lady Victoria (I)
    Bill Melrose
  • Karl Wagener (1935–2013)
  • Black Diamonds
    Raymond Murray
  • Prestongrange Beam Engine and Locomotive Shed
    A. Tarvit
  • Merchant Navy Memorial
    Robert Olley (b.1940)
  • Abe Moffat, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish Area (1942–1961)
    R. Wolstein
  • Seventeenth-Century Scots Dragoon Guard
    Charles d’Orville Pilkington Jackson (1887–1973)

Venues in Midlothian

  •
    Dalkeith Library and Arts Centre
  • Danderhall Library
  • Gorebridge Library
  • Midlothian Council Library Headquarters
  • National Trust for Scotland, Hermiston Quay
  • Vogrie House