Phuket tin mining museum an interesting place for foreign tourists. Phuket Mining Museum, located in Kathu on the road between Loch Palm Golf Club and British International School, is one of the island's most interesting museums. It features display ranging from tin mine models to a recreated scene in an opium den. This museum was much better than I was expecting. Using a mix of beautifully painted murals and actual objects the museum tells the story of how life was in Phuket's tin mining days. How the Chinese workers lived there daily lives which would be the forerunner of Phuket as we know it today.From the evolution of man and the beginnings of using rocks as tools, to the mining of minerals for making metals that therefore led to the beginning of tin mining in Phuket.