National Slate Museum

The place is very interesting. Everyone is very friendly and welcoming, blacksmith, slate trimmer, guides, shop team all great. It's closing in a couple of weeks for a refurbishment. I'm sure it'll be even better when it reopens. Shop on site sells the usual attraction goodies, cafe sells cafe stuff. Little kids play area, some quarry cottages all dressed up inside. Lots of original artifacts, machines & history. Great place, get along and enjoy it.

An interesting place to visit! Entry is free which is always nice 😉 Lots of exhibits to look at, along with videos, plenty of history information and some practical demonstrations. The cottages at the end of the museum were a really nice touch, as was the viewing area for the water wheel.

We went to the National Slate Museum having no idea what to expect thinking that it might be a boring little trip on a rainy day. However, we were thoroughly surprised to find this museum was a little gem. There was much to admire, firstly with the ease of accessibility to the facilities and each area of the museum was well presented and enjoyable to view. There were many interesting artifacts to observe and the history of the slate mining in the area was well documented. Our favourite parts were seeing the mining houses over time (it felt like stepping back in time) and the demonstration of the slate being cut, which was both illuminating and humerous. Definitely worth a visit, especially on a rainy day!

If you visit North Wales, a trip to the Welsh Slate Museum is a must. They've turned a big industrial area into a wonderful free tourist attraction, that explains the landscape and cultural history very well. Based in the old workshops for the quarry, you get to see; a slate splitting and tile cutting demonstration, nice videos about the history of the industry, lots of wagons and info on the miners. They've also transported a short terrace of miners cottages, transporting each back to 1869, 1901 and 1969. It's fantastic and very thought provoking. There is so much to see and do, we missed our on the Quarry Hospital and only got to walk a short section of the fantastic signposted walks.

Me and my partner loved it, very interesting, and great couple of hours to spend.

A free museum.... what more could you want. Yes it's a little rough around the edges and could have a little more info about things, but you can easily spend two hours here. The staff were all friendly and on hand to answer any questions, lots of different demonstrations going on. Probably a little boring for young children but as a couple we found it an interesting insight into the history of the area. The cafe was pleasant and food fresh. Worth a trip on the steam train over the road whilst here too. Car park is paid but not over priced, if I remember correctly it was £4 all day. Would happily come back here for a second visit in the future

Brilliant place to visit the surrounding views are amazing. Very interesting insight on what life was like. We loved visiting the houses and the blacksmith demonstration. Loved the smell in some of the work spaces if brought me back to when I would watch my grandad work in his work shed. There's a little play area for the kids and a cafe with baby changing facilities. I can't believe it's free to visit too!

One of the most interesting experience and undervalued things to do in North Wales. Being a free museum, I expected a small and not so attractive museum, but it surprised me and was one of the most interesting experiences. The flow is excellent, the information good, the representation also. It was pretty big and has lots of interest zone. If you are into it you can easily spend half a day in there. From time to time, there are free shows with live demonstrations with cutting slates, making an iron spoon etc. The shop is also very nice and you can find there nice souvenirs (which I didn't see anywhere else)

Great place have been going here since I was a little boy, very informative and amazing to see the old locomotives

Under the Dinorwig slate quarry is this fantastic museum. Housing the largest waterwheel on mainland Britain. Slate splitting exhibitions and various film shows. Quarrymens housing showing the differences in living standards throughout the ages. Very interesting AND free entrance.

Really loved the Slate Museum. Unfortunately, we were there in the off season, and the weather was a bit cold and wet, but the museum was fun anyway. It is mostly outdoors, so you may want to watch the weather if you would prefer not getting cold and wet. The museum is set on the bottom of the slate mine, where the quarrymen used to have their lunch breaks, make tools, split slate, etc. It's very impressive and they show a short movie on the history in the beginning of the tour (on the hour). Unfortunately, we missed the splitting demonstration, as they were understaffed that day. But all the people working there were super nice and friendly to us, and they were more than willing to answer any questions and explain any process. The giant waterwheel is very impressive as well. I would definitely recommend taking some slate with you (£1.75 per piece and they are available right in front of the museum shop), and I also bought a cute card made from sheep poo. Amazing! :-)

We came here after a visit to nearby Electric Mountain, and were drawn in by the fact that admission is free! The whole place has been really nicely restored and you can wander round the site from room to room soaking up the atmosphere and the history. Far and away the coolest part was the huge water wheel which then feeds through to workshop after workshop - this place must have been an amazing hive of industry in its heyday. There was also a really nice art installation of small machines playing music. It wasn't part of our original plan for the day, and I would never have figured that a slate museum would be an interesting place to spend my time but I was pleasantly surprised!

The Welsh slate museum is an interesting attraction for visitors to the Snowdonia region in North Wales. The museum charters the history of slate and how it was manufactured, in the old slate quarries that the town of Llanberis is famous for. It's an excellent introduction to the heritage of the area and a fascinating subject in its own right. Slate pieces can be purchased, and, although expensive, are unique and would make an unusual ornament/article in the home. The slate pieces of things such as wine bottle holders and door plaques are interesting and simple, but they do have a quirky attraction.

Excellent, so much there, loved the mock up play at the old cottages, very interesting, will go again some time,