An exhibition of people and mines, organised by the Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland and the Geological Survey of Ireland. The development of human society is dependent on the exploitation of mineral resources. Visit the exhibition and take a trip back from Stone Age and Bronze Age times, to the present day, focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries when mining in Ireland was common place.

This exhibition was launched for National Heritage Week 2001 and ran at the GSI until September 2002 and again in 2005. The 38 panels (1m x 70 cm) and a range of associated objects are now available for loan and temporary display to any museum, centre, heritage office or library elsewhere which would like a temporary exhibit. Contact Sarah Gatley for information : 01 678 2837 or Sarah.Gatley@gsi.ie

It has also been displayed in Wicklow County Council Buildings, Wicklow Town. New panels linked to the area have been added to the exhibition.

Themes covered by the exhibition:

Introduction
The Stone Age
The Bronze Age
Iron Age and Medieval mining
Coal mining
Miners profiles	Jim Saunders	Patrick Egan	Michael Nolan
Pictorial representation		Genealogy
Mining Districts	Avoca - 1	Avoca - 2	Ben Bulben	Berehaven
	Bunmahon	West Carbery	Dereenalomane	Silvermines
Legal and Finance	Company tokens	Leases	Finance
Cornish Mining Technology	Engine technology	Underground	On the surface - 1	On the surface - 2
Modern metallic mining	Tynagh	Aspects of modern underground mining - 1	Aspects of modern underground mining - 2	Current perspective	Railways
Economic Geology	Dimension stone industry	Slate mining	Aggregates
MHTI Conservation Project