King Edward Mine Museum

Fantastic afternoon to be had here - the area is steeped in heritage and history, with the guided tour taking you to see how Cornish mines operated, as well as how the workers extracted the metal from the ore. The staff are fantastic and have a vast knowledge of the mine workings in the area, and dive into the details as to how King Edwards operated. Can be walked to by the Great Flat Lode Trail, highly recommended!

Delightfull way to spend half a day with helpful, friendly and knowledgeable staff. Made my day to get an overview of Cornish Mining history and a reminder of the Cornish Steam engine inventor that made the country one of the founding places of heavy engineering....highly recommend

Absolutely fantastic tour to history of mines and Cornwall. Enjoyed every minute of tour with amazing guide. We could ask questions and received lots of information. Was interesting for kids and adults. Machinery of old times in action inspired us so much. Also we can see differences how Cornwall was look like hundreds of years back.Highly recommended to come and see.

Absolutely fantastic! Much more informative than I expected. The tour guide, Alan was very knowledgeable and interesting to listen too. The sight is very well kept and engaging. The staff in the shop were very helpful and friendly.

Spent three hours on a wonderfully informative tour of tin mining In Cornwall. Learned so much about past world importance of tin & copper and the plans to reopen a mine & resume production. David was a knowledgeable and interesting guide.

My husband and I arrived on a wet mid afternoon when the museum was about to close as there were no other visitors. The volunteer staff readily agreed to stay open for us and we were given an extremely informative and interesting 90 minute tour, probably the best tour we’ve experienced. We were told a lot about the history of tin mining and the equipment on display including working demonstrations. Our guide (sorry, no name given) was extremely knowledgeable and clearly was passionate about the mine and preserving it as a historic site. The museum can be recommended and is well worth a visit.

Really informative tour with Paul - and had a great time being shown around. Well worth a visit

A very interesting look at Cornwall's mining heritage complete with a guided tour around a tin mill with demonstrations of working machinery. The site is not too large but there is plenty to see and we spent quite a few hours taking in the information. Sadly some of external tour was cut short as the weather was atrocious but there was still plenty to take in once indoors.If you have an interest in Cornwall's mining heritage make sure you put a visit to this excellent museum high on your list!