Museum of Lead Mining

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Museum of Lead Mining

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The Museum of Lead Mining Centre, which was once the village \'Smiddy\' of the village of Wanlockhead has a walk-through exhibition which tells the story of how lead ore or \'galena\' was won at the face and the processes it went through to become the lead products that we know today. The museum is unique to Scotland as it is the only former lead mine open to the public where you can see displays of some of the most spectacular minerals found in the Lowther Hills

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Goldscaur Road
Wanlockhead
Dumfries & Galloway
ML12 6UT
T 01659 74387
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