Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum

As the result of a successful application to the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum is seeking to recruit an Education Officer on a 3 year fixed term contract.
The successful applicant will work with other staff & volunteers at the Museum to build on its existing educational offer to further promote awareness of & interest in the history & heritage of the Skinningrove Valley.
The post holder will work in partnership with local people & other organisations & agencies to develop & deliver a range of activities targeted at both adults & children, with the object of increasing their knowledge of & pride in their local heritage.
A key area of activity will be continued work with local schools and the Education Officer will be proactive in encouraging them to become involved with the Museum and to make use of its resources and facilities
Salary: £17,000 – 19,000 pa
Hours: 37 pw. Some weekend & evening work may be required. Consideration will be given to applicants wishing to job share.
For further information and to request an Application Pack please contact:
Ian Wilson, Museum Officer, Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, Deepdale, Skinningrove, Saltburn by the Sea TS13 4AP. Phone: 01287 642877 or email visits@ironstonemuseum.co.uk
Closing Date Friday 2nd March 2012

Looking for somewhere different to take the kids during the school half term holiday?

The Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum will be open from Monday 13th to Friday 17th February : 10.00am – 3.30pm and on Saturday 18th February : 1.00pm – 3.30pm.

Normal admission charges apply.

During the course of over a hundred years of history, many thousands of horses were employed underground in the Cleveland Ironstone Mines, pulling tubs loaded with ironstone.

To commemerate their vital contribution to the industry that shaped the development of Cleveland & Teesside, in 2010 the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum commisioned artists Derek Mosey & Helen Gaunt to design, create & install a number of pieces of mosaic artwork.

Working throughout the winter with volunteers from the Museum, pupils from Whitecliffe Primary School and local residents, Helen & Derek have succeeded in creating a series of eyecatching images, the most iconic of which, that of a life size ironstone miner and his Shire Horse now greets all visitors as they enter the Museum.

Funding for the project was gratefully received from the Agnes Spencer Charitable Trust, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council’s East Cleveland Area Committee, Skinningrove Flood Relief Committee and the North East Museums Renaissance Fund.

The unveiling of the completed artworks took place on Wednesday June 22^nd in the presence of her worshipful the Mayor of Redcar & Cleveland Councillor Olwyn Peters