The observatory is of a Romsey type design built by star-gazing Baron Lord John Wrottesley of Sedgley and designed by Reverend E L Berthon, a Victorian clergyman who was a scientist, astronomer and inventor. The Museum observatory uses a Calver reflector telescope, made by premier telescope maker, George Calver in late Victorian times.
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Black Country Living Museum Trust.
Tipton Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 4SQ.
A Private Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England Company No. 1226321 and Registered as a Charity No. 504481
The Museum is run by The Black Country Living Museum Trust as a ‘not for profit’ organisation which earns most of its running costs from admission income and sales to visitors.
The Black Country Living Museum deals with the history of the Black Country, the heart of industrial England, with recreated buildings from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought to life by costumed demonstrators and trained educational guides.
