From the 1880s to 1966 Cumberland was a Coal mining center. The Cumberland Museum presents the history of the area and the people from all parts of the world that built Cumberland into a large and thriving town. Some of the Coal seams in the mines were only four feet high where Miners had to swing their Picks to remove the Coal. Donkeys pulling ore carts had to actually crawl through these low spots. The museum has a replica mine for you to walk through and get a chilling glimpse of what it was like to work far below the earth.