Tour-Ed Mine and Museum

Tour-Ed Mine and Museum
Address
748 Bull Creek Road,
Tarentum, PA 15084
Operating schedule
The Mine and Museum is open for school tours from May 1st through September 30th.
Tours may be scheduled from 9 AM through 4 PM, Monday through Friday.
Phone number
(724) 224-4720
Email
info@Tour-EdMine.com
Notes
Group tours may be scheduled by calling (724) 224-4720.

Step into the depths of Western Pennsylvania's mining past at Tour-Ed Mine and Museum, a fully operational educational coal mine where history comes to life. Witness the evolution of mining firsthand: from manual hand tools used in 1850 to today's powerful hydraulic machines.

Explore a living legacy of coal mining:

  • Walk through a complete strip mine operation, now reclaimed as a ball field and playground.
  • Discover the charm of a recreated mining town:
    • 1900 Company Store
    • Blacksmith shop
    • Barber shop
    • Miner's home
    • Furnished 1789 log house
    • Authentic 18th-century cabin
    • Vintage tollbooth and railroad caboose
    • Lumber demonstration: logs sawed before your eyes

Did you know: Out of the Black, an award-winning screenplay, was filmed on-site at Tour-Ed Mine in August 2000?

Tour-Ed Mine and Museum is a favorite destination for school field trips across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Students ride coal cars, speak with real miners, and descend into the mine, where a moment of total darkness offers a rare experience of "pitch black" underground conditions.

Back on the surface, explore the turn-of-the-century mining town, where education meets adventure.

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