Black Country Living Museum, Dudley
Covering 26 acres of former industrial land, Black Country Living Museum
is uniquely placed to tell the story of the creation of the world’s
first industrial landscape.
Black Country Living Museum is a remarkable place to explore, enjoy and
spend time.Set in a landscape of 26 acres, it is one of the most
extraordinary open-air museums in the UK; offering a glimpse into 200
years of history like no other.
Black Country folk changed the world, and in the streets of our
canal side village, on our tramway and down our underground mine, you and
your family can experience how ‘they’ became ‘us’.
Over fifty authentic shops, houses and workshops have been carefully
reconstructed to preserve the character of the region when its
manufacturers brought worldwide fame to Black Country Towns.
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the Bottle & Glass Inn a warm welcome awaits in the traditional spit & sawdust pub.
the Black Country became famous for the manufacture of vehicles.
Historically, the Black Country played a vital role in the nation’s
industrial history. This was the world’s first industrial landscape and
one of the most intensely industrialised regions of the UK.
The Museum preserves a section of the Black Country’s industrial
landscape, including two mine shafts, limekilns and a canal arm. The
Museum has relocated buildings into canalside village, which have
been drawn from across the many small towns of the region.
Each house, shop and workshop has been filled with collections, from sad
irons to nails, that would have been seen in situ from the 1800s to
1940s.
St. James's School.
Test times tables in a 1912 school lesson.
original period shops and houses of one of the most extraordinary open-air museums in the UK
sparks fly as chain maker forges a link, witness the glow of
forges, smell the steam of engines and sounds the banging of hot
metal.
famous traditionally 1930s cooked fish and chips.
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