Coal mining is known as one of the toughest, most dangerous jobs in the world. Your tour guides in this remarkable museum can attest to that – many are retired coal miners. The museum is located in the proud mining town of Glace Bay on one of the world’s prettiest islands, Cape Breton.

Wander throughout the Mining Village with museum interpreters guiding you through two separate periods of life in a "company town" – the 1850s and the turn of the century. Go down underground on the Mine Tour. It’s a trip into the workday in the life of a coal miner in 1932. And it’s a twenty-minute excursion you will never forget.

Exhibit Hall features permanent and temporary installations on the geology of coal development, mining techniques and equipment, and the personal, moving stories of miners and their families. The museum is proud to call itself home to the world-renowned men’s choir, The Men of the Deeps. Take in one of their spine-tingling summer concerts at the museum’s theatre.

Soak up the world-famous Cape Breton hospitality with a visit to the Miner’s Village Restaurant where you’ll find fare like fish chowder that is simple, traditional and undeniably delicious.  Stop in the Gift Shop before you go to pick up a Men of the Deeps CD or your very own brass miner’s lamp.