The Moonta Mines Museum is located in the former Moonta Mines Model School.

Erected in 1878, this building now houses displays on the Cornish miners' lifestyles - mining, lodges and friendly societies, sports and pastimes, death and hardship

Other exhibits include extensive displays of costume, china, silverware, photographs and memorabilia and a classroom furnished circa 1900.

There is also a display on the World Wars.