Museum

Black Country Living Museum

Dudley, West Midlands

An open-air museum of rebuilt industrial buildings, with a tram, a chip shop and a coal mine.

Cost
Paid
Booking
Best to book
Time to allow
5 hours

The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley is an open-air museum of rebuilt shops, houses and workshops moved from around the Black Country. It sits on reclaimed industrial land beside a canal arm, and has costumed staff, a working tram and a chip shop. It opened in 1978 and now covers more than 50 buildings.

Good to know

  • Ride the tram and take the canal boat
  • Eat at the fish and chip shop
  • Allow a full day
Best time
Weekdays outside school holidays
Open
All year
Getting there
Large car park on site, signed from Dudley
Vehicles
Fine in any car
Dogs
Dogs welcome

Facilities

  • Toilets

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