We're delighted to announce the grantees of the first round of the reimagined @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social Communities and Collections Fund 🙌 The fund supports projects using museum collections to improve inclusion and equitable working with community partners. Congratulations to our awardees 👇

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange celebrates wildlife! 🦋 We've chosen 'Aderyn y Bwn / Bittern' by Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901–1979) - his detailed work provides us with important information about the ecology and the changing nature of our wildlife.

Today we took our Young Leaders to the @ncmme.bsky.social for their training sesh. Shout out to Rob, our guide, who spoke about education through the pits, on the job training, identity (& much more).

These sandals and homemade dress were worn by Kellingley’s Margaret Dominiak, when she was crowned National Coal Queen 1973 in Skegness. The leather vanity case, by Antler Ltd, was amongst the prizes won by Rose McLachlan, crowned National Coal Queen 1969. Via @ncmme.bsky.social.

We’re having an amazing Geology Rocks day at the Museum! ✨ Thank you to all the lovely visitors that we've seen today!

Not long until the Geology Rocks event @ncmme.bsky.social Come along to meet Edestus - Huddersfield's mysterious ancient inhabitant! How will you interpret this fossils? What was its function? Come by our stall to create your own reconstruction! #FossilFriday 🏛️@britgeosurvey.bsky.social 📷 GB3D

Happy #WorldArtDay from NCMME 🎨 'Keep the Pits Open', Protest by Marjorie Arnfield (1930–2001) is on display in our latest exhibition, 'From the Earth Comes Light'. A Thread on Marjorie 🧵 (1/4) Marjorie was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, she studied at Sunderland College of Art and Kings College.

We would love to see this Wakefield icon in space!

Open now! The latest exhibition at the National Mining Museum of England explores women, creativity and mining. Featuring works from the AmberSide Collection by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Isabela Jedrzejczyk. tinyurl.com/y733bph4 @ncmme.bsky.social

Today's wholesome moment is some lovely visitors bringing some butterflies to release along the Museum's nature trail 🦋🌼❤️

Spring is here 🌼❤️

Rather him, than me... 🦷 Our Clydesdale, Finn, recently had his annual check-up from the dentist! Make sure to admire his pearly whites on your next visit! 🐴😁

hey bestie ❤️ we hope you stay cozy and warm today, just like our fluffy little canaries 🐤

main character energy 🔥👑 Eric is repping Featherstone Rovers harder than half the squad. Meet him for our Rugby day this Saturday 👉 www.ncm.org.uk/whats-on/rugby-day/

The Bold as Brass 2025 contest is open for entries and will take place on Saturday 7 June 🎉 bbe.band/contest-entry The free-entry entertainment contest for bands in the second section and under will be held at the National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield ⛏ @ncmme.bsky.social

It's guess the object time..! A new game we've come up with after finding things on our database that are slightly unusual. Let us know what you think it is? ✨

Now on Display at the National Coal Mining Museum!🏆 @ncmme.bsky.social The Brass Bands Archive is thrilled to present a new mini-exhibition in the museum’s mining lives gallery! Dive into the rich history of brass banding with treasures that celebrate the deep connection between music and mining✨

Love my job #coal @ncmme.bsky.social

Eric has made a new friend at the Pony Discovery Centre! ✨❄ Why not pop in and see him this week, Wednesday to Sunday 👉 www.ncm.org.uk/

A very exciting project that will finally become a reality soon. Coal Lines is a collaboration with composer Andy Wright and explores Wakefield district’s coal mining heritage through drawings, maps, sounds and music. Thanks to @ncmme.bsky.social for loads of help with images and access to stories.

Are you ready to travel through time? Join us this January for our brand-new immersive digital experience. Be transported through the centuries as you are taken through almost 200 years of mining history thanks to state-of-the-art technology. Tickets 👉 ncm.org.uk/time-tunnel/

Christmas is almost here! 🎄 Artist Tom Lamb crafted this beautiful Christmas card, featuring a hand-painted watercolour illustration of a miner's lamp adorned with a sprig of holly. © Tom Lamb, NCMME Collection

Festive friends! 🎄 Eric and Finn are loving the Christmas tree at the Pony Discovery Centre, why not pop up and see them this week? 🐴

Just a Little Guy

Season's Greetings from NCMME! 🌨️ Image: Christmas Card from 1984.

Is this now a horse account? 🐴 Ernie and Finn = BFFs for life 😍 Visit them this week 👉 ncm.org.uk

We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of... Bud! Who else has seen #Wicked last weekend/this week? ✨

Perfect 👏

us on the daily:

We're throwing it back to 1981 today with this photograph, which shows when miners from Denby Grange Colliery broke through to the Caphouse workings on 17 January. 💪🏁 This linked up the workings underground and gave another form of egress from both mines. Image: Harold White, NCMME Collection

A fantastic start to festivities @ncmme.bsky.social #Wakefield #HadeEdgeBrassBand were terrific & we all got to see #Santa

A YPS member (clue: it was me) visited the National Coal Mining Museum yesterday for a family day out. We visited Father Christmas 140 metres below the surface and joined the lantern parade. A great experience!

One of (many!) privileges of working at England’s last surviving deep colliery is exploring secret places, underground & on the surface. Inside this building never open to the public: machinery, electrical kit, tub rails, signage & more, & a mineshaft dating back to to 1827… @ncmme.bsky.social

Thank you everyone for such a warm welcome to @bsky.app! As our algorithm is currently showing lots of pawsome cats, we'd like you to meet Norris - our #MuseumCat - who is enjoying the snow this morning! 🌨️ #Cats #Snow

Hi everyone 👋 It's our first post on @bsky.app! 🦋 Join us as we take you on an adventure 140m underground into England's last accessible deep coal mine. We love to preserve the coal mining industry’s rich heritage and tell the incredible story of our coalfields. ⛏️