Collections
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 our 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.
In total, there are approximately 80,000 items in the collections for you to discover.
Busy busy!
13 May 2013
A lot has happened in the last week. The hobby shed we told you about in previous blog posts has now been dismantled. The tools and large machinery have been put into storage...
Locksmiths House Success
15 April 2013
Thanks to the Collections Team and Collections Volunteers, the Locksmith's House is now sparkling clean! Last Thursday the house, yard and workshop got a good spring clean: the...
