Pendeen Community Heritage
Geevor Tin Mine
Pendeen
Cornwall
TR197EW tel. 01736 788662
A mine of information
A new museum -'Hard Rock'- will open at the end of July at Geevor Tin Mine. The museum will tell the story of Geevor and mining in Cornwall. Housed within a former mine building the stories will be told through objects, photos, graphic panels and a series of interactives. A comprehensive restoration programme for the many other buildings on the site has taken place.
The problem that all museums have is that more material - particularly images and information in text form - than can be displayed. We are setting up two computer terminals hosting a searchable database of mining and Geevor related information. Subjects will include geology, mineralogy, metallurgy, mining and processing techniques social history as they relate to Cornish mining. We envisage this database as a living and growing body of information: we invite contributions to add to this database. If you are interested in submitting an article, an item of research or a photograph, please contact Bill Lakin on [log in to unmask]
COMING SOON: HARD ROCK MUSEUM AT GEEVOR TIN MINE IS DUE TO OPEN THIS SUMMER
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