Cape Breton Miners Museum (Tour)

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The Cape Breton Miners Museum exists to enhance the knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the events, experiences, and people associated with Cape Breton’s mining industry; how it shapes our history, our identity, and connects us to the world and its diverse cultures. When you first enter the exhibit, you will turn to your right and there will be a bunch of paintings of different parts that have taken place during the coal mining era.

2. The Geological Section

The exhibit area focuses on the geological development of Cape Breton’s coal field. In this sections, you will learn all about the various types of coal mining and mining techniques, see our vast display of equipment and listen to the stories of miners, the companies they worked for, their unions and their families.

3. Main Artifact Display Case

Continuing on through the exhibit, the next section is all about the different types of artifacts. Not only will you learn the names of each one but you will also leave here knowing so much more information such as; what they were used for, how they worked and how they changed throughout the years.

4. The Central Shops/ PitPonys

The next location in the exhibit are some pictures and some artifacts from the central shops along with the PitPony's. In this section you can expect to learn everything there is to know about what everything is used for, how the equipment works, and what the pitpony's were used for.

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Cape Breton Miners Museum

Created by Miners Museum on June 28th 2021, 2:50:24 pm.

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The Cape Breton Miners Museum was created in 1967 and pays tribute to the region’s long and rich history of coal mining within Nova Scotia. The museum is home to a variety of exhibits that use artifacts to share the experiences of miners and their families within the context of the region's overall history. the museum includes a miner's village and is located above a former working mine which visitors can tour alongside a knowledgable guide from the museum.

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