Black Country Living Museum

Black Country Living Museum, Dudley Over 80 shops, houses and industrial workshops cover more than 250 years of the Black Country, from the Industrial Revolution to postwar prosperity. Many were translocated, taken down, numbered and rebuilt on site, and the Workers' Institute from Cradley Heath is a good example of a real community building saved rather than copied. Its newest area, a 1940s to 1960s main street opening in stages since 2022, takes the story into living memory, which makes it a good choice for grandparents and grandchildren visiting together. Historic characters give demonstrations in the shops and homes.