Interpretive Exhibitions

Hall 1 shows the Black Country as it is today

The building at the entrance to the Black Country Living Museum is the re-constructed public baths complex moved from Rolfe Street in Smethwick. The complex comprised two swimming pool halls behind an impressive terracota faced three-storey building which included offices, slipper baths and the superintendants's accommodation. Today these house the introductory exhibition to the Museum, stores and archive facilities.

Visitors enter the Museum through a modern glass structure which links the Rolfe Street building to the original Museum entrance which itself was relocated from Wednesbury. The exhibition halls set the scene for a visit around the 26 acres of historic displays.

The Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame depicts famous people and famous names from the Black Country be they sportsmen, entertainers, ironworks or vehicle manufacturers. A multi-screen video tells the story of the Black Country and introduces that familiar dialect.

Exhibition Hall 1 shows the Black Country as it is today, comprising Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell and Dudley and enables the Museum to put on display a range of objects which could not otherwise be displayed within the open-air Museum.

Exhibition Hall 2 is a temporary display gallery which currently houses the bulk of the Museum's motor collection of cars and motorcycles.