summerlee - museum of scottish industrial life

Went here last weekend with the weans. Try fi.d something different every weekend, we had a great day out. My oldest boy whos four enjoyed the play areas and seeing the trains, also you can have a short ride in the tram. Lovley canal where we had a great walk then fed the ducks then had a picnic ourselves, enjoyed outside more than inside to be fair, but all in all I would return. Also good gift shop and cafe :)

this place is great for history but there are loads of hands on attractions inside too, excellent cafe and huge play park for the summer, my favourite is going down memory lane in the houses they have set up in different eras, it's just a great place and you can take a trip down the mine! Retro sweets for sale in the sweet shop, just a fab family day out and all free, only very small fee is for a tram ticket but it then lasts all day, take the kids, take a picnic and get immersed in history!

I am Coatbridge born and bred . I have seen a lot of the original heavy engineering works, and being an ex signalman in the 1950/1960 I saw a lot of the railways. It was great to see the 'Singlend ' as it was my first house in Easton Place, Whifflet in 1960. I recently showed a friend from India round the area and he was impressed.= Well worth a visit and the staff are very helpfulGo on give it a visit you will be given a great welcome by the staff.

What an experience well worth a visit for a family day out swings for the kids a big playground and going back in time wonderful

I've been with my husband and kids a few times it's an enjoyable day out all the better if it's dry. I especially like seeing what houses looked like through the decades.

Great museum of industry and industrial machines . Great little tram service takes you to visit some small old houses and old mine. Great for kids to learn . Great value as free to visit and if you enjoy just put a donation in the money box. Good cafe too. Small museum but very good - main exhibits are indoors but very good on a dry day as playparks , walks and outdoor exhibits too . For a free museum it is excellent .

I visited this museum a little while ago but i had a really good day. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys stepping back in time

This museum is free. It's informative. The guy on the tram is very knowledgeable on the history of the migration across Scotland. The mine is an eye opener to how lucky we are today.

We go here at least 2 times a year when were at a loose end and yet every time we do we seem to experience something new every time

This was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone from 18 - 80+. It kept the engineer in the family happy, the one interested in social history happy, and everyone else happy. That was only visiting the Great Hall, we need another visit to do the tram, the miners cottages etc. The café was very reasonably priced, and entrance is free. Toilet facilities were good too.

We visited summerlee with my 15 month old daughter. It was free entry and £1 per adult for the tram. The exhibition area is very child friendly and my daughter enjoyed it. The mine is not suitable for young children so unable to review. The cottages were good but the staff there weren't as friendly. Would be great to return in summer to visit play park too. Would recommend!

Summerlee is a lot better now since its had a lot of investment. This attraction is free but there is a small charge to go on the tram, £1 per person I think.There is the industrial museum and at the bottom there are the miners houses. These are all done in different time periods showing you how things have changed in the home.We couldnt go down the mine as it was closed.The tram driver told my son all about the different trams that they had and showed him photos of them from before they went to the museum.We finished the day with a visit to the cafe which was nice and reasonably priced.It was a nice afternoon out.

The kids love the play park and all old relics in the cottages ,well worth a visit.the age of some relics go back to our grans days and beforehand , from the 18th century ,and the old ironworks are really interesting to look at and explore the history.

This free museum is huge. There are outdoor displays as well as a huge exhibition hall. We ad a ridee on an old tram (there are several vintages and a small fee applies). Looked through the old house set up from 1890 to 1980, had an insight into nwhat the miners experienced undeground and wandered around the ruins before warming up in the exhibition hall. Nice lunch in the cafe.

Where to start? Well despite Coatbridge not being a mecca for visitors I had a work reason for visiting two months ago.Thank goodness as it is one of the best trips I've had with my grandchildren(9 and 6). It was wet and not too warm for 31 December but we walked down past out door engineering and sawmill exhibits to the mine shop. The very helpful staff opened the 1880 cottage for us to go in and see round,we then visited 1840's, 1810 and washhouse. A peak into the outside toilet and over to the 20th Century homes across the street. We were all fascinated. Back to the shop to get a personal 15 minute tour of a mocked up coal mine, which had exhibits of mining at each of the periods for the miners homes across the street. The staff were very helpful and encouraging, especially for the one who was claustrophobic.We then paid the first money since we had arrived to get our day pass for the german tram back up to the main exhibition hall, cafe and shop. It's a German Tram so that they can accommodate wheelchairs and push chairs as well.The cafe had really good home made soup and though limited very good prices and friendly staff.Off round the exhibition and shop but not enough time left so we will be back soon. A real fun day that I enjoyed and I learned a lot from too. Kids desperate to return. Thanks Summerlee.