Great visit to King Edward Mine Museum. The volunteers are very knowledgeable and we learnt a lot about the minerals, mining methods and extraction. To see some of the mill machinery in operation was excellent. Well worth the visit.

What a fantastic tour. Peter our guide was very knowledgeable and informative and it was fascinating to learn about Cornish mining and geology and see so many working components. We could have spent much longer there than the two hours we had time for, so we will definitely go back. Wonderful friendly volunteers and such a lot to take in.

Outstanding museum about Cornish mining history that far surpassed our expectations. If you are interested in mining history and it’s social history you really must visit here. Included in the admission price of £10 per adult was a really excellent tour of the museum by our tour guide Liz who bought the museum artefacts and displays to life. So pleased we visited.

Fantastic informative place to visit. Good value for money considering our tour lasted over 2 hours. Our 7yr old enjoyed his visit and asked lots of questions from a very good guide. 👍

I went here with a 7 year old child thinking he'd probably be bored but it would while away an hour on a mizzley day. How wrong I was. My 7 year old was given a sheet with pictures on and a pencil and had to find all the objects, which he had so much fun doing with another child on the tour. The tour guide, Liz, was absolutely brilliant and was really knowledgeable and explained how all the machinery worked and also talked about the social history aspect of the mining community. It was so interesting, we went around twice! There was lots of interactive things for kids to do, automatons, buttons to press, paper rubbing etc. At the end a lady took his piece of paper and gave him a prize for finding all the items. He was so happy and we had a really interesting and informative day out.

Our guide David was wonderful- very informative and provided many interesting facts about the mining industry in Cornwall. Very nice to be able to see so much up close and personal. Especially the many working machines. Would definitely recommend this to others. All the staff were very friendly and helpful.

This is a small museum which is run by a group of volunteers who are enthusiastic and knowledgeable. It was really interesting to go around with our guide David who made the museum come alive with his tour. Didn't meet a member who wasn't friendly. Please give them your support.

We all had a fantastic time visiting King Edward Mine Museum including our little dog, who was allowed to join us everywhere. That's what we like. The volunteer guide Liz was so knowledgeable and it was very personal as her family had worked at this mine. Cornwall has so much to offer to visitors and this is amongst the best we have experienced. Well done to all involved in keeping this museum available to everyone to learn about the history of mining. Many thanks

Alan was an excellent guide who lent us three hours of his life, even though the guided tour was only supposed to last 1,5. One of the best museums I've ever been to, with all the original parts and the actual functioning machinery that they activated. This is like a 3 star Michelin restaurant: worth the trip in itself. Simply go!

We had a fantastic time at the mine museum. The staff are absolutely lovely and the guides are extremely knowledgeable. The machinery is incredible - the demonstration of the tin separator was especially good. Other machines are shown running, although unloaded as they are very old - one is apparently around 300 years old! The accessibility isn't too bad - as a historic site and a former working mine, there is a lot of uneven terrain but I was able to get round the whole thing on my crutches, and now that I've got a wheelchair with a powered trike attachment (which we picked up on our way back from Cornwall), I suspect I'd have got round ok on that, although obviously would have had to use the level access to the Mill. All in all a fascinating way to spend a few hours and lovely staff and volunteers :)