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Curator's Blog
Hunting St George and His Dragon
26 April 2019
Having just celebrated St George’s Day, what should be added to our collection but a very shiny golden casting of the man himself! The design is about 20cm and shows St...
BLOG: A token of love
15 February 2018
In 1845, just like today, jewellery was an expensive way to show your affection for somebody. Perhaps particularly so in the mid-19 th century, where even costume jewellery...
Curator's Blog - Just How Old is the Museum's Oldest Document?
14 August 2017
1670 to be exact . It forms part of the archive collection of Archibald Kenrick & Sons which can now be accessed on-line. Although written before the company...
Curators Blog: We Get By With A Little Help From Our Volunteers
21 July 2017
When you visit the Museum do you ever wonder what is beneath your feet? Under the Rolfe Street Baths are the museums object stores where we keep a research collection of...
BLOG: Five Easter traditions and where they come from
30 March 2017
It may seem strange to us today, but we have the Victorians to thank for many of our popular Easter traditions (although of course, Easter altogether has much older origins). ...
Curator's Blog: The Trouble with Toys
16 March 2017
In the shops and houses at the Museum we have many things on display. For Jessica, our Assistant Curator, some of her favourites are the toys we have in the village. But toys...
Curators' Blog
31 January 2017
Hi I’m Helen, I am the Curator of Domestic and Cultural life here at Black Country Living Museum. You may have wondered why we were closed for two weeks...
Curators' Blog: A Welcome Gift- Archibald Kenrick & Sons
09 September 2016
Our Curators' have been putting together a new exhibition in our Rolfe street entrance building. We have been fortunate to be gifted a large collection of Kenrick material...
Rare Glass by Chance
16 June 2016
We have recently been offered a rare opportunity to pick pieces of glass from a private collection which, we were pleased to find, included items of Chance made glass. ...
The Story Behind Our Cars: Re-interpreting our Vehicle Collection
03 June 2016
Our Bradburn & Wedge Motor Company Garage highlights and displays our automotive collection. We had previously used interpretation panels displayed next to each car to tell...
