 Mining lamps were an important safety tool at pits |
An open-air museum has received a grant of more than �300,000 to help promote the history of the mining industry. Beamish Museum in County Durham is planning to use the Heritage Lottery Fund cash to create a Lamp Cabin in its Colliery Village.
The cabin will provide a base for the museum's collection of miners' lamps and other mining artefacts.
Previously the public have had to make an appointment to view the items privately at the museum.
Beamish curator Chris Scott said the cabin would be built with designs and materials used in 1913.
He said: "This grant provides Beamish with the scope to add to the story we tell our visitors about their coal mining heritage."
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