Charging for tours at Big Pit museum 'is wrong'

IT IS wrong to charge people to enter the Big Pit National Coal Museum, according to a Senedd committee.

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A charging trial which began in April set the ticket price for underground tours at £8 per person, with some concessions, until July 2026.

However, the culture committee's report on charging for exhibitions asks the Welsh Government to fund Amgueddfa Cymru enough so that underground tours at Big Pit in Blaenavon can be free of charge.

It argues that access should remain free in principle and calls for better government funding for Welsh museums.

The committee argued that the underground tours which the fee has been introduced for are not an optional extra or a luxury, but is a fundamental part of the Big Pit museum.