Projects

Women chainmakers inspect the restoration work of the Steam Hammer and Anchor Forge.
Donors celebrate the opening of the Brook Entrance - an activity space for children and adults.

Our Museum is a unique, 26-acre real-life setting for telling stories. Open-air museums like ours don't create galleries and exhibition halls with cases and labels: they build landscapes, workshops, alleyways, backyards and streets where things happen.

As a registered educational charity and an independent, not-for-profit organisation, we must raise 100% of our running costs through earned income, such as admissions fees. We can only continue to bring 300 years of history to life with the much-needed support from businesses, trusts and foundations, community groups and generous individuals like you.

Explore some of our current fundraising campaigns below, and find out how you can get involved.

BCLM: Forging Ahead

It's time to complete the story of the Black Country, with this exciting major site development.

Learning Space

Help us create a much-needed learning space for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

President

We need your support to repair the boiler of President, our historic narrow boat.

Visit Us

Enjoy a proper, full day out. Rain or shine, you won’t run out of things to see when exploring our 26 acres.

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What happened next?

Thanks to your support, we've been able to develop some fantastic educational and heritage projects. Take a look at our most recent campaigns below, and find out where they are now. We'd like to thank all our funders for helping to make this work possible.