Heritage Open Day: A chance to meet the architect and hear more about our exciting plans for refurbishment of the historic museum, our new visitor centre and improvements to Albany Park Washington F Pit Museum is an iconic landmark that showcases a key part of Sunderland's industrial heritage and the history of the mining industry in the region. The F-Pit Engine House and attached headgear are a Scheduled Ancient Monument and are the only surviving structures of New Washington Colliery, operating as a museum since 1976. The surrounding Albany Park was formed from land reclaimed from the former colliery.