Waikato Coalfields Museum

Waikato Coalfields Museum in Huntly, presents thrilling displays exploring the lives of the miners and their families. A video introduces visitors to coal mining and exhibits include a reconstructed mine tunnel, mining equipment and machinery and displays recording the Ralph and Glen Afton mining disasters.

The lives of the people living in the area are portrayed through a series of room settings and an original miner's cottage, dating from c.1890.

There are also displays on school life, recreation and costume, enhanced by hundreds of photographs.