National Slate Museum

2014-08-04 · Free entry

A day full of enjoyment and education awaits in a dramatically beautiful landscape on the shores of Llyn Padarn, and at the terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway one of the 'Great Little Trains of Wales', which runs along the waters port shoreline. The Museum originally opened to the public in 1972. Many of the sites former quarrymen and engineers were employed to present their craft, while equipment was collected from other Welsh quarries.In later years the quarry's incline was restore to its former glory, and the Museum re-opened in 1999 with new unique features and facilities.