Mine Tours and Education Centers

Coal Mine Tours and Exhibitions

Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine

New River Park, Beckley, West Virginia, USA
304.256.1747 – www.beckleymine.com / info@beckleymine.com

Includes underground tour and surface buildings. Shows low-seam coal mine from its earliest manual stages to modern mechanized operation.

Tour-Ed Coal Mine

Route 28, Exit 14, Tarentum, Pennsylvania, USA
724.224.4720 – www.tour-edmine.com / info@tour-edmine.com

Experience what it was like to be a coal miner in the 1850's and today. Your guides are experienced coal miners, who will treat you to an amazing, educational tour 160 feet below the Earth's surface.

Mining and Mineral Museums

Windber Coal Heritage Center

501 15th Street, Windber, Pennsylvania, USA
877.826.3933 – wchc@adelphia.net

The Windber Coal Heritage Center tells the story of a unique kind of community in our country – a community which was created and maintained by industry, devoted to serving that industry and the people it employed.

Pennsylvania State Univ. Earth & Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery

16 Deike Bldg., Pollock Rd., State College, Pennsylvania, USA
814.865.6336 – www.ems.psu.edu/museum / museum@ems.psu.edu

Fine display of minerals, fossils & artifacts. “Most extensive collection” of paintings and sculpture depicting mining and related industries.