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The Bold as Brass contest returns this weekend.

Bold as Brass contest returns to the National Coal Mining Museum

Dancing Coalfields at National Coal Mining Museum for England from Saturday, May 24, to Sunday, June 22.

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Artwork for Darryl's upcoming book 'Am I Abnormal?', which also features in his new exhibition

New exhibition at the Mental Health Museum challenges us to reconsider mental il...

Brian Elliott with his book Miners And The Great War

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Geology Rocks event returns to National Coal Mining Museum on Saturday, April 26.

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The WW2 bomb found by Adam Makewell and his son Cameron Makewell in the River Ure in Yorkshire.

Moment teenager crashes underwater drone into live 500kg WWII bomb

Rob Lane owner of 'The Straight To Video - 80s Video Shop' in Alfreton, Derbyshire.

See inside nostalgic 1980s VHS shop with captivating retro collection

A small dog being groomed

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Shop owner holding an artificial leg

Hidden antique treasures in the UK

Creative crafts at the National Coal Mining Museum this half term

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Light Up Festival coming to National Coal mining Museum for England

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The Coal Anthology: Book of miners strike poems, prose and photographs to launch at NCMME

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Mark Cranston who has built an amazing collection of bricks.

I have a collection of 4,000 bricks...each one tells a story

Trouble At T'Mill Worsbrough Mill needs your help

Ad Feature Trouble at T’Mill £40k appeal to save 400 year old Worsbrough Mill

Three brandy glasses during Ararat factory tour

I tried brandy in Armenia - and it has made me a convert

National Coal Mining Museum Secures £20,000 in funding to enhance educational and family resources

Ad Feature National Coal Mining Museum strikes gold with £20k funding boost
The National Coal Mining Museum for England has struck gold with a £20,000 grant todevelop and expand its educational and family resources.
Graham Walker

Santa meeting children underground at NCMME

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Grimethorpe Colliery Band to play concert at National Coal Mining Museum

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84/85 – The Longest Year is now a virtual interactive 3D tour from the National Coal Mining Museum for England.

Ad Feature VIRTUAL TOUR: Miners’ strike exhibition now free 3D online experience

L Marie with her new art and poetry exhibition at the Mental Health Museum

New exhibition at the Mental Health Museum

Young visitors enjoying the Beach at National Coal Mining Museum. Photo: JMA Photography, NCMME.

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German Observation Tower on south coast cliffs, Guernsey

Visit Guernsey to discover underground bunkers and WW2 history

Uppermill Brass Band will play on Sunday, June 23.

Ad Feature Brass Band Summer Series: Free weekend concerts at mining museum

Without Malice or Ill Will writer and actor Ray Castleton will perform his miner turned copper play at the National Coal Mining Museum on Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June 8.

Ad Feature PREVIEW: Without Malice or Ill Will - miners' strike play at NCMME

Rare miners’ strike chess set, created by Bill Spalding, now on display at National Coal Mining Museum for England.

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Costume from the Classics includes these screen worn outfits by David Suchet and Bette Davis in Death on the Nile.

Ad Feature Costume From The Classics brings brings silver screen to Cannon Hall

The items have gone on permanent display at the town’s library after funding for the project was secured by local councillors. (Scott Merrylees)

Horbury People’s Museum opens with celebration of town’s manufacturing past
A new museum showcasing the rich history of a Wakefield town has been opened.
Tony Gardner

The best towns and cities for a Staycation including Liverpool

Bold As Brass competition marching to National Coal Mining Museum England

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Geology Rocks Returns This Weekend. Photo JMA Photography, NCMME.

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Geology Rocks is a day of activities, exhibits and workshops on Sat May 11 from 10am to 5pm. Most events are FREE. Some activities must be pre-booked.

Explore the world beneath your feet at National Coal Mining Museum

Geology Rocks Returns This Weekend

Explore the world beneath your feet at National Coal Mining Museum

Maps and planning documents detailing top-secret plans were donated to House on the Hill museum.

Watch: Top secret D-Day documents from Normandy found in old car boot

National Football Museum in Manchester Credit: Google

English Tourism Week: Video explores UK's top visitor attractions

The National Coal Mining Museum is calling out for your memories to help mark 40 years since the Miners' Strikes.

Call for memories of the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike from National Coal Mining Museum

Married couple Janet and John Ford, who own Tudor World, are at loggerheads with Joe Rukin, who runs Sinister Stratford ghost tours.

Turf war breaks out between Stratford-upon-Avon ghost tour guides

Taylor Swift Eras Tour: Who is Presley Cash?

Buckingham Palace

King Charles drops major hint about future of Buckingham Palace

An exceptionally rare Chinese box and cover from the 15th century Ming period has been discovered in a dust-filled cabinet in the attic of a family home, where it had been stored and left untouched since the owner’s death in 1967.

Old tin found in attic turns out to be Chinese Ming Dynasty treasure

Two Just Stop Oil supporters were arrested at the Herbert Museum in Coventry while demanding that the government stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and calling on employees and directors of UK cultural institutions to join in civil resistance against the governments genocidal policies.

Just Stop Oil protestors tackled to ground after storming dino exhibit

The Natural History Museum has released a list of new animal and plant species found in 2022

Scientists release list of new animals and plants found in 2022

Joanne Whittle won a New Light prize with Sorrowing Cloth

Call for entries for prestigious Northern art prize exhibition opens in February

The exhibition will open on January 30.

Museum to host exhibition on former BHS store in Wakefield

The museum held onto the TripAdvisor award for the ninth year in a row.

National Coal Mining Museum holds on to Tripadvisor title for ninth year

The Castleford Roman Festival is back this month and it promises to be a full day of history-fuelled fun.

Castleford Roman Festival is back for a day of history-fuelled family fun

Trampoline parks definitely help to ensure your child is getting enough exercise on rainy summer days. (Shutterstock)

These 21 indoor activities will keep kids entertained when it’s raining

We now have more freedoms to enjoy, with parks, playgrounds, zoos, museums and cinemas reopening (Shutterstock)

Here are 40 ideas for keeping the kids entertained during the summer holidays

Museum’s search for best football fan memorabilia

Column: 'Developing our cultural offer will help to create new jobs', says council leader Peter Box

Column: 'Developing our cultural offer will help to create new jobs', says counc...

The opening weekend saw performances by The Cribs' Ross Jarman alongside Blur drummer Dave Rowntree at the Moon Safari.

Wakefield's Festival of the Moon lifts off with 6,000 visitors with Star Wars sc...

Museum of the Moon.

Wakefield to host two week Festival Of The Moon this summer - Everything you nee...

Nearly four in ten (37%) parents in Yorkshire said they struggle to get time off over the summer holidays.

Parents in Yorkshire want shorter school holidays - do you agree?

Wakefield Council has been successful in securing Luke Jerrams touring artwork, the Museum of the Moon

Creative challenge as Wakefield is promised the moon

Sophie and The BFG (c) Quentin Blake 2016. Exhibition coming to Wakefield of Sir Quentin Blake's portraits in Summer 2018.

A big friendly show of portraits you know

19 March 2017....... Les Kelly fires up the Hudswell Clarke 100 HP loco as part of the 'See How They Run Family Science Day at the National Coal Mining Museum for England. Picture Tony Johnson.

Giant pit machines rumble back to life for science day

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