Events in June 2008
- Saturday 24th May – Sunday 1st June
- Half Term Activities
Half term week coincides with the Museum's 30th birthday and, to celebrate, events and activities will take place throughout the week. Four street parties, one to represent each of the Black Country boroughs - Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton, will be held at the Black Country Living Museum to celebrate the Museum's 30th birthday. A party atmosphere will ensure a half term to remember. Street games including hoops, hopscotch, whip and top, skittles and a variety of parlour games will ensure the young and the young at heart are absorbed for hours!
- Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June
- Summer Living History Weekend
Time travel is on the agenda at the Black Country Living Museum. The Friends of the Museum spend the weekend living in 1920s conditions. Visitors can witness their attempts to cook, clean, eat, sleep, entertain and take part in summer seasonal activities without the modern luxuries that we take for granted today such as central heating and hot and cold running water.
- Saturday 7th June
- It's full steam ahead
It's full steam ahead on every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month from the 1st March to December inclusive when the colliery steam winder and fan engine are in steam.
- Saturday 7th June
- Marston Collection and It's a Gas!
It's a Gas! On the first Saturday of every month volunteers bring the gas engines to life in the Cinema Power House and the Trap Shop. Visitors can learn how they work and hear the belt driven machinery hum into life. Marston collection, Historic vehicles from the Marston collection will take a spin of the Museum's circuit. Motoring marvels from the early 1900s up to the 1930s take centre stage and these rare gems are sure to be the torque of the town! The Marston group are often on site carrying out vital restoration work.
- Saturday 7th June – Sunday 22nd June
- Trolley 21
Trolley buses from all over the world gather at the Black Country Living Museum to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the trolley bus service at the Museum.
- Sunday 15th June
- Father's Day
Celebrate Father's Day at the Black Country Living Museum where dad's of all ages can enjoy a day to remember. Father's come in free when accompanied by a paying child.
- Saturday 21st June and Sunday 22nd June
- Steam Weekend
The Museum celebrates steam power in its widest sense with a range of different steam engines around the site. Large traction engines to miniature Mammod models, will be in action around the Museum. The colliery steam winder and fan engine will be in operation and it's full steam ahead when the only full sized working replica of the world's first Newcomen steam engine billows into life. Enthusiasts will enjoy watching the model steam engines and traction engines. This rare event is a must for enthusiasts and the public alike. President, the Museums steam powered canal boat will be in steam.
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