list of museums in the west midlands
Table:
Name

Image

Town/City

Region

Type

Summary

Aston Hall

Aston
Birmingham
Historic house
17th century Jacobean-style mansion with period rooms featuring furniture, paintings, textiles and metalwork from the collections of the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Aston Manor Road Transport Museum

Aston
Birmingham
Transport
Closed, pending relocation

Avery Historical Museum

Smethwick
Sandwell
Industry
website, collection of weighing machines and artefacts, located at the Avery Weigh-Tronix headquarters

Bantock House Museum and Park
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Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Historic house
18th-century house, ground floor furnished to reflect the Edwardian era, upper floor displays of important local people, industries, decorative arts, two Victorian period rooms, gardens

Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham
Birmingham
Art
Art gallery and concert hall, collection includes British art, French impressionism and post-impressionism, sculpture, portrait miniatures, decorative arts, coins, part of the University of Birmingham

Berkswell Museum

Berkswell
Solihull
Local
website, local history

Bilston Craft Gallery
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Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Art
Contemporary crafts and decorative arts

Birmingham Back to Backs

Birmingham
Birmingham
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses, reflects life from 1840s to 1970s

Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House

Birmingham
Birmingham
Military
Site for testing small arms and ammunition, features a museum with small arms and ammunition and the history of their development, open by appointment

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Birmingham
Birmingham
Multiple
Art, local history, decorative arts, archaeology, coins, costumes, ceramics

Bishop Asbury Cottage
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Great Barr
Sandwell
Historic house
18th century period cottage, boyhood home of Francis Asbury, the first American Methodist Bishop

Black Country Living Museum

Dudley
Dudley
Living
Recreated 19th and early 20th century industrial village with historic buildings moved from other sites, includes trams and other transport vehicles, fun fair, historic shops and industry displays

Blakesley Hall

Yardley
Birmingham
Historic house
Late 16th century Tudor timber-framed farmhouse, branch museum of the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Broadfield House Glass Museum
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Kingswinford
Dudley
Art
Historic and contemporary glass

Cadbury World

Birmingham
Birmingham
Food
History of chocolate and the Cadbury confectionery company

Centre of the Earth
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Birmingham
Birmingham
Natural history
Nature centre used for environmental education

Coventry Watch Museum

Coventry
Coventry
Horology
website, planned museum about watches and watch-making, currently provide exhibitions

Coventry Transport Museum

Coventry
Coventry
Transportation
British-made road transport including cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles

The Drum

Birmingham
Birmingham
Art
Arts centre for Black British and British Asian arts

Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
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Dudley
Dudley
Multiple
Geology, fossils and dinosaurs, local history, culture, Saxons and Vikings, fine art, decorative arts

Earlswood Village Museum

Earlswood
Solihull
Local
website, local history

Haden Hill House
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Cradley Heath
Sandwell
Historic house
Victorian gentleman's house furnished in period style

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

Coventry
Coventry
Multiple
Art, local history, culture, natural history, city's medieval, Victorian and modern history

Ikon Gallery

Birmingham
Birmingham
Art
Contemporary art

International Project Space

Bournville
Birmingham
Art
Contemporary art gallery, part of the Bournville Centre for Visual Arts

Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Museum

Coventry
Coventry
Automotive
website, historic Jaguar cars and racing cars

The Lace Guild

Stourbridge
Stourbridge
Textiles
Historic and contemporary lace and lace-related artefacts

Lapworth Museum of Geology

Edgbaston
Birmingham
Natural history
Fossils, minerals, rocks, operated by the University of Birmingham

Locksmith's House

Walsall
Willenhall
Locks
Dedicated to a lock-making family and locally made locks

mac

Edgbaston
Birmingham
Art
Theatre, Cinema, Cafe and Public Space with Exhibit Gallery

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

Birmingham
Birmingham
Historic site
Historic jewellery-making factory, branch museum of the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

National Motorcycle Museum

Bickenhill
Solihull
Transportation
British motorcycles

New Art Gallery Walsall

Walsall
Walsall
Art
Collections include sculptures and paintings by modern masters including a large selection of work by Jacob Epstein

New Hall Mill

Walmley
Birmingham
Mill
website, 18th century watermill, located in New Hall Valley Country Park

Oak House

West Bromwich
Sandwell
Historic house
Late 16th century half-timbered Yeoman's farmhouse with Tudor and Jacobean furniture

The Pen Museum

Birmingham
Birmingham
Industry
History of the pen making industry in Birmingham including the companies, different kinds of pens, early typewriters and Braille machines, writing in general

Periscope

Edgbaston
Birmingham
Art
Artist-run contemporary art gallery and event space

Priory Visitor Centre

Coventry
Coventry
Archaeology
website, artifacts and history of St Mary's Priory

Red House Cone

Wordsley
Dudley
Art
Former glassworks, exhibits of historic and contemporary glass, glass-making workshops

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

Birmingham
Birmingham
Art
Gallery exhibits of members' works

Sarehole Mill

Hall Green
Birmingham
Mill
18th century water mill used for grinding corn and later producing metal, includes 19th century bakehouse, exhibits on local resident J. R. R. Tolkien, branch museum of the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Selly Manor

Bournville
Birmingham
Historic
website, two Tudor period timber-framed houses

Soho House

Handsworth
Birmingham
Historic house
Late 18th century period Georgian home of industrialist Matthew Boulton, branch museum of the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Solihull Gallery

Solihull
Solihull
Art
website

Thinktank

Birmingham
Birmingham
Science
Themes include future technology, innovation, space travel, current technology and scientific understanding on everyday life, natural history, biology, city's industrial and transportation history

Tipton Community Heritage Centre

Tipton
Sandwell
Local
website, located in the town library, local history, industry, canals, social history

Tyseley Locomotive Works

Birmingham
Birmingham
Railway
Railway depot, workshops, engines and artefacts, viewing on open days

VIVID

Birmingham
Birmingham
Art
Gallery for media arts

Walsall Leather Museum
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Walsall
Walsall
Industry
Former Victorian leather factory, history of the local leather and saddle-making trades

Walsall Museum
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Walsall
Walsall
Local
Local history, industry

Warwick Arts Centre

Coventry
Coventry
Art
Multi-venue arts complex at the University of Warwick, events in contemporary and classical music, drama, dance, comedy, films and visual art

Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery

Wednesbury
Sandwell
Multiple
Fine art, decorative arts including Ruskin Pottery, toys and games, local history

West Midlands Police Museum

Sparkhill
Birmingham
Law enforcement
website, uniforms, vehicles, photographs, badges, whistles, memorabilia, history of police work in the region

Wightwick Manor

Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, Victorian period manor with Arts & Crafts interiors and Pre-Raphaelite art

Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Art
Collection includes fine art and decorative arts from the Georgian and Victorian eras, Pop Art, works from Northern Ireland, Asian decorative arts

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