Events in June 2010

Saturday 29 May – Sunday 6 June

Half Term Activities

Children of all ages can hop, skip and jump back in time to the Museum's period village where the young and the young at heart can roll hoops along the cobbled street, play hopscotch on the pavement and test their skill with whip and top and skittles. A variety of parlour games are played in Station Road cottages and craft-making projects take place in the old-fashioned school-room.

Saturday 5th June

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 5th June

It's a Gas!

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.

Sunday 6th June

Trolley buses

Grab a ticket to ride each Sunday at the Black Country Living Museum where the Transport Group will be going off their trolley over the electric powered buses. Visitors can hop aboard the ‘Whispering Giants’ for an environmentally-friendly trip down memory lane.

Saturday 12th June

It's full steam ahead

Get all steamed up when steam power takes over the Museum and the colliery steam winder and fan engine turn the pressure on!

Sunday 13th June

Trolley buses

Grab a ticket to ride each Sunday at the Black Country Living Museum where the Transport Group will be going off their trolley over the electric powered buses. Visitors can hop aboard the ‘Whispering Giants’ for an environmentally-friendly trip down memory lane.

Saturday 19th June and Sunday 20th June

Steam Weekend

TThe 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.

Sunday 20th June

Father's Day

Dad's of all ages come in free when accompanied by a paying child. Celebrate Father's Day with a special lesson at ‘Soccer School’, peruse the fashion of the day – 1930s style in Morralls’ Gentlemen’s Outfitters or travel back in time on a vintage tram or trolleybus and enjoy a day to remember.

Sunday 20th June

Trolley buses

Grab a ticket to ride each Sunday at the Black Country Living Museum where the Transport Group will be going off their trolley over the electric powered buses. Visitors can hop aboard the ‘Whispering Giants’ for an environmentally-friendly trip down memory lane.

Saturday 26th June

It's full steam ahead

Get all steamed up when steam power takes over the Museum and the colliery steam winder and fan engine turn the pressure on!

Sunday 27th June

Trolley buses

Grab a ticket to ride each Sunday at the Black Country Living Museum where the Transport Group will be going off their trolley over the electric powered buses. Visitors can hop aboard the ‘Whispering Giants’ for an environmentally-friendly trip down memory lane.