Coal Heritage Museum

The Coal Heritage Museum in Margherita, Tinsukia District, Assam, is a heritage museum maintained by North Eastern Coalfields, Coal India Limited. Located in India's oldest coal mining town, it preserves the history of coal mining in Assam dating to 1884. The museum displays vintage mining equipment, machinery, photographs, models and documents illustrating the evolution of coal mining technology and the industrial heritage of the region.

Visitors can expect a small indoor museum complex within the North Eastern Coalfields campus displaying vintage coal mining machinery, equipment, tools, scale models, photographs, maps and documents related to coal mining in Margherita. Exhibits trace the development of mining technology from the 19th century onwards. The setting is within a maintained township area with landscaped surroundings, and visitors can explore galleries at a leisurely pace with guided explanation where available.

Margherita is known as the coal town of Assam, where systematic coal mining began in 1884 by the Assam Railways and Trading Company. The area contains the oldest coal mines in India. The Coal Heritage Museum was established by North Eastern Coalfields, Coal India Limited to preserve and showcase the industrial history, mining technology evolution and artefacts from over a century of coal mining in the Makum coalfield.

The museum reflects the industrial and cultural heritage of the coal mining community of Margherita, often called the Coal Queen of Assam. It documents the contribution of coal mining to the economic development of Upper Assam and preserves the collective memory of mining workers and the township culture associated with North Eastern Coalfields.