List of museums in the West Midlands

This list of museums in the West Midlands, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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 collection of weighing machines and artefacts, located at the Avery Weigh-Tronix headquarters Bantock House Museum and Park Finchfield 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 local history Bilston Craft Gallery Bilston 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 the 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 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 Cadbury World Bournville Birmingham Food History of chocolate and the Cadbury confectionery company Centre of the Earth Birmingham Birmingham Natural history Nature centre used for environmental education Coventry Watch Museum Coventry Coventry Horology planned museum about watches and watch-making, currently provide exhibitions Coventry Music Museum Coventry Coventry Music museum highlighting the musical heritage of Coventry 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 Earlswood Village Museum Earlswood Solihull Local local history Haden Hill House 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 historic Jaguar cars and racing cars The Lace Guild

Stourbridge Dudley Textiles Historic and contemporary lace and lace-related artefacts Stourbridge Glass Museum Stourbridge Dudley glass Lapworth Museum of Geology Edgbaston Birmingham Natural history Fossils, minerals, rocks, operated by the University of Birmingham Locksmith's House Willenhall Walsall Locks Dedicated to a lock-making family and locally made locks mac Edgbaston Birmingham Art Theatre, Cinema, Cafe and Public Space with Exhibit Gallery Midland Air Museum Baginton Coventry Transportation Aircraft Museum including Frank Whittle Jet Heritage Centre 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 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 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 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 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 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 Walsall Walsall Industry Former Victorian leather factory, history of the local leather and saddle-making trades 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 Fire Service Heritage Museum Aston Birmingham Fire fighting West Midlands Police Museum Sparkhill Birmingham Law enforcement Uniforms, vehicles, photographs, badges, whistles, memorabilia, history of police work in the region Wightwick Manor Wightwick 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

Defunct museums Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, closed in 2015 Coventry City Farm, closed in 2008bbc.co.uk City farm shuts after cash crisis, BBC News, March 12, 2008 Coventry Toy Museum, Coventry, closed in 2007http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2010/05/05/former-coventry-toy-museum-could-be-restored-after-arson-attack-92746-26381118/ "Former Coventry Toy Museum could be restored after arson attack", Coventry Telegraph, May 5, 2010 Dudley Museum and Art Gallery, closed in 2016 Galton Valley Canal Heritage Centre, Smethwick Jerome K. Jerome Museum, Walsall, currently seeking new facility Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham, closed in 1997, many exhibits now at Thinktank, Birmingham Walsall Museum, closed in 2015

See also :Category:Tourist attractions in the West Midlands (county)

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