Black Country Living Museum
Neighborhood: Dudley
Nearest Train: Tipton
Phone: +44 121 520 8054
Fax: +44 121 557 4242
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The Black Country is a large industrial area to the north-west of Birmingham and this museum is a reminder of how things used to be here 100 years ago. It comprises many historic buildings, taken down from elsewhere and re-erected to make an authentic town of a century ago. Highlights include an old-fashioned funfair, a narrowboat ride and a trip down a coal mine, light is deliberately kept to the levels that would have been experienced by the miners so it's unsuitable for young children. All children and adults, however, can take a lesson in an 1840s school and tour round a Victorian sweetshop, chemist's, nail-making shop and stables amongst many other exhibits. This is a genuinely interesting living museum and a tour of at least three hours is recommended.
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Jan 1st, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009
Black Country is a permanent exhibition held at Hall 1. The Black country includes areas in and around Walsall, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Sandwell also called the west Midlands. Here is where the coal mining, coking operations, steel mills and iron foundries existed and operated from. The name black was given because soot covered everything. Many items on display here are rare and which cannot be displayed in the open air museum.
Into The Thick
Jan 1st, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009
Into The Thick is a tour of the underground coal mines at the Staffordshire Thick Coal under the Black Country. This is a drift mine that slopes away. It contains a complete maze of paths and areas that will help you to understand a coalminers life in the tunnels. Closed Monday and Tuesday from November to February.
The Fairground
Jan 1st, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009
The Fairground is a complete representation of what a fairground would look like during the coal mining days. Run by traveling families, these fairs had regular swings, stalls, coconut sheets, mirrors, the swing boats, "Helter Skelter". A speedway ark was added in the 1920s in the center of the fairground. Today the fairground is being run by the fourth generation of the Jones family. Closed Monday and Tuesday from November to February.
Transport Collection
Jan 1st, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009
Black Country Living Museum has a fine collection of Transport vehicles. These include trams, buses, trolley buses etc. The trams helps move the visitors from one building to another using the overhead wire to draw electric energy and runs on tracks, while on roads it runs on tarmac with rubber tyres. Closed Monday and Tuesday from November to February.
Industrial Heritage Centre
Neighborhood: Dudley
Nearest Train: Tipton
Phone: +44 121 520 8054
Fax: +44 121 557 4242
Email | Website | Map | add to Travel Bag (NEW)
The Black Country is a large industrial area to the north-west of Birmingham and this museum is a reminder of how things used to be here 100 years ago. It comprises many historic buildings, taken down from elsewhere and re-erected to make an authentic town of a century ago. Highlights include an old-fashioned funfair, a narrowboat ride and a trip down a coal mine, light is deliberately kept to the levels that would have been experienced by the miners so it's unsuitable for young children. All children and adults, however, can take a lesson in an 1840s school and tour round a Victorian sweetshop, chemist's, nail-making shop and stables amongst many other exhibits. This is a genuinely interesting living museum and a tour of at least three hours is recommended.
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Black CountryJan 1st, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009
Black Country is a permanent exhibition held at Hall 1. The Black country includes areas in and around Walsall, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Sandwell also called the west Midlands. Here is where the coal mining, coking operations, steel mills and iron foundries existed and operated from. The name black was given because soot covered everything. Many items on display here are rare and which cannot be displayed in the open air museum.
Into The Thick
Jan 1st, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009
Into The Thick is a tour of the underground coal mines at the Staffordshire Thick Coal under the Black Country. This is a drift mine that slopes away. It contains a complete maze of paths and areas that will help you to understand a coalminers life in the tunnels. Closed Monday and Tuesday from November to February.
The Fairground
Jan 1st, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009
The Fairground is a complete representation of what a fairground would look like during the coal mining days. Run by traveling families, these fairs had regular swings, stalls, coconut sheets, mirrors, the swing boats, "Helter Skelter". A speedway ark was added in the 1920s in the center of the fairground. Today the fairground is being run by the fourth generation of the Jones family. Closed Monday and Tuesday from November to February.
Transport Collection
Jan 1st, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009
Black Country Living Museum has a fine collection of Transport vehicles. These include trams, buses, trolley buses etc. The trams helps move the visitors from one building to another using the overhead wire to draw electric energy and runs on tracks, while on roads it runs on tarmac with rubber tyres. Closed Monday and Tuesday from November to February.
Reviews
i loved it when i was a kid.
i remember going to the black country museum when i was about 10 on a school trip, and i thought it ...
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it was excilent
i like the bclm bcause it shows a different way in the time that people live and th time they live n...
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