Geevor Tin Mine Museum and Heritage Centre

Cornish mining and Cornish miners are world famous. Come to Geevor to see how the process of extracting and processing tin actually took place. The miners searched for tin deep in the ground and far below the sea. Nowadays you can walk through narrow 18th century tunnels with a guide who vividly brings to life the conditions of those times.

Above ground, you can visit surface buildings such as the Miners’ Dry, left almost exactly as it was on that day in 1990 when the last working miner left the site. You can walk through the Mill and learn about the processes used to obtain tin concentrate from the ore brought up from the tunnels below.

Find out more about the history of mining at Geevor, and in Cornwall, in our new museum of Hard Rock mining. Exhibitions linked to the mine site are changed regularly in our Hard Rock Gallery.

Enjoy a home cooked meal in the café with views over the Atlantic, and visit our shop for a tempting range of books, minerals, jewellery and crafts.

Additional info

Dogs are welcome all over the site with the exception of the Underground Tour.