The life of a pay trolley at the National Slate Museum

Find out how a pay trolley was brought back to life as part of the Llanberis redevelopment project.

Discovered in a poor state of repair during the decant of collections from the National Slate Museum, Llanberis, as part of the Llanberis re-development project, the pay trolley had spent many years as part of a display in the museum’s repair shop. A well-used wooden cabinet on castors (one missing), it contained nine drawers holding 49 small, heavily corroded tins.


Having been part of the site for well over a century, the trolley is once again an important element in its story and will be a key object in the new exhibition spaces.

Hear about the conservation/restoration work that was undertaken to bring the pay trolley back to life and prepare for its next chapter. We look forward to welcoming you to this talk.