Cape Breton Miners' Museum, Nova Scotia, Canada

4.5 (529 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Nova Scotia Speciality Museums • Mines

Nails in the Lunch Box

The Miners Museum was an awesome place to visit, and going down in the mine was an unforgettable experience. I went with my two boys, 13 and 16. The most memorable part for us was the guide, Terry! This man was an amazing blend of down to earth humor, while presenting a highly educated articulation of the facts . He was very informative, and made it fun for everyone. There were 21 of us on the tour, and he warmly engaged all of us. We were able to get a real sense of what it must have been like for the men and animals that worked down there. We highly recommend visiting the Miners Museum, and if you are lucky enough to get Terry for a guide, well Bonus! Ask him to tell you about John sneaking nails home in his lunch box.
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Address

42 Birkley Street, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia B1A 5T8 Canada

Mobile

+1 902-849-4522

Website

http://www.minersmuseum.com/

Email

[email protected]

Current local date and time now

Saturday, May 11, 2024, 4:46

User Ratings

4.5 based on (529 reviews)

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Reviews

  • 5Sandy S 5:00 PM Jul 25, 2022
    Great, informative tour
    Great tour with Wishie, a retired miner. He does a great job of telling you what it was like to work in the mines. Be prepared to wait a bit for the tour to start. My parents and I arrived at 10 am and the first tour went at 11:15 am. However, if you arrive too much after may not get on the first tour. Tour went until just after 1 pm.
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  • 4dkbaker 5:00 PM Sep 15, 2021
    Unique experience
    This was a fascinating place to visit. Definitely the occurrences during the 1920's in Cape Breton coal mining is a stain on Canadian history. Our guide, Wishie, did a great job although he was rather soft-spoken and difficult to hear at times. A previous reviewer stated that the museum was handling COVID restrictions well. We must strongly disagree. Although masks are required in the museum, physical distancing is non-existent. During the initial monologue by the retired miner before descending in to the mine, we were sitting less than 6 inches from a stranger, not 6 feet. Same uncomfortable closeness in the mine but then as we were walking up the ramp out of the mine, we were told to walk in single file 6 feet apart so as to comply with COVID regulations. There were 20 people in our group and the staff tried to add more. If the museum ran more frequent tours, groups could be smaller and safer.

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