page_title: Snibston
section_title: Snibston Discovery Museum
hierarchical_section_title: Snibston / Snibston Discovery Museum
caption_attribution_description: English: Snibston front entrance
context_page_description: Snibston is an area east of Ravenstone, north west Leicestershire, in the English Midlands. Originally rural, part of Snibston was transformed into a coal mining village by the opening of coal mines by the Snibston Colliery Company in the early 1830s. This industrial part of Snibston was subsequently subsumed into the developing town of Coalville, though small rural areas of Snibston survive within the civil parishes of Ravenstone with Snibston and Hugglescote and Donington le Heath. In the part of Snibston within the latter civil parish stands the 13th-century church of St Mary, noted as the smallest church still in use for regular worship in England. The main Snibston Colliery was sunk in 1831, and after its closure the Snibston Country Park with the Snibston Discovery Museum was built on part of the colliery site. Part of the park is Snibston Grange Local Nature Reserve. The population is included in the civil parish of Ravenstone with Snibston.
context_section_description: Snibston Discovery Museum (now closed) was part of Snibston Discovery Park and was built on part of the site of the former Snibston Colliery No. 2. It consisted of an award-winning interactive museum, alongside the scheduled ancient monument colliery buildings, the Century Theatre, and a 100-acre (0.40 km²) country park and nature reserve, located within the National Forest.
  Snibston Discovery Museum was managed by Leicestershire County Council and supported by Next and The National Forest.
  The Museum featured interactive exhibits, colliery tour, a train, a fashion gallery and more. The museum focused on technology and design and how it affects everyday life.
  After the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) was abolished in 2012, the Museum was accredited by Arts Council England and was Heritage Lottery Funded.
caption: Snibston Discovery Museum
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