Dear all


The Yorkshire Dales Lead Mining Museum will be closing soon. The Yorkshire Dales National Park have agreed to take all the artifacts at their Dales Countryside Museum in the old Station Yard at Hawes in Wensleydale.


This will put the artifacts back in the center of the area
where most were collected and make them easily accessible to locals and visitors alike. There will be some delay before they can be displayed but hopefully it will not be too long. Subject to a planning application they hope to erect the water wheel and crushers near the side of the railway line.


There will still be chance to see the collection at the old Grammar School in Earby (between Skipton and Colne) for the next month and possibly the next two months before we have to start packing up.


We need all the support we can get, there are minerals for sale and a few copies of Clough's book The Lead Smelting Mills of Yorkshire Dales 1st edition mint condition. The museum is normally open on Sundays or for group visits we can arrange to open most days. Maybe best to use my contact, [email protected]. 01969 625613

We had a great time looking at the museum last bank holiday

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Thanks Gavin It is a great shame that we couldn't carry on at Earby, too few trustees, too old and at 61 I'm one of the youngest, combine that with the insurance costs for the building and it just became untenable, but at the same the move to Hawes will create a national treasure

Yes, that's a real shame. I've visited the museum several times and the display relating to "Buckden Bill" comes to mind.
All the best in the new location....

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