Princess Royal tours National Mining Museum
February 2015
Scotland's National Mining Museum set the seal on its 30th birthday celebrations last month with a visit by HRH The Princess Royal.
The Princess toured the former Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange in the company of the museum's Keeper, Ellenor Swinbank, and staff of the multi-award winning museum. She was then welcomed by the Deputy Chairman of the NMMS Trust, John Allen, the local Provost, MPs, MSPs, senior trustees, staff and volunteers.
Her Royal Highness' itinerary included visits to the pithead, the 120-year-old winding engine, and the colliery's original power house, opened in 1894. The tour was conducted by former miners who now provide the Museum with its tour guides, and delight visitors with their unique personal experiences of a vanished industry.
The Princess Royal also met a teacher and four pupils from Rosewell Primary School, who initiated her in the concept behind the Museum's "Kids' Takeover Days," when children take on the roles of curators, collection managers, tour guides and marketing officers for the day.
Education Officer Alison Shepherd showed Princess Anne the materials used in another Museum initiative, the "Memories in Your Hands " outreach programme, which sends out boxes of items from the collection that can be handled and enjoyed by people unable to visit the site personally, and is especially valued in the treatment of degenerative illnesses, such as Alzheimer's.
Finally, on departure the Princess signed the museum's visitor book.
Ellenor Swinbank said: "It was an absolute pleasure to show Her Royal Highness around the museum today. She was obviously so interested in everything and everyone and it was great to see her so engaged."
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