Dudley Museum and Art Gallery is a cultural focal point in the heart of this town. It contains a great deal of information for...

Dudley Priory was founded around 1160 by Gervase Paganel, Lord of Dudley, to fulfil his deceased father’s wishes. The priory was dedicated to St. James,...

The Old Meeting House (formerly Presbyterian, now Unitarian) dates back to 1717, when Dudley was still a small Worcestershire market town, surrounded by green fields....

See history come to life at The Black Country Living Museum; discover a fascinating world at Britain’s friendliest open-air museum, or just soak up the...

Dudley Archives contain a large amount of documents that have been collected since records began, and offer an insight into the many major and slightly...

The Crooked House or ‘Siden House’ has been a Midlands tourist attraction for well over a hundred years. The building is a typical Black Country...

Haden Hill House is a Victorian gentleman’s residence and has been internally furnished to be befitting of such a man. Throughout, the property has...

The Courthouse stands close to the old Black Country village of Sedgley’s historic Bull Ring. Its elegant Georgian façade conceals a much older stone building,...

In the West Midlands, this is the largest dedicated craft gallery that can be found. There is a large permanent collection on display that...

Himley Hall is located close to Dudley in the West Midlands and represents one of the best looking pieces of architecture in the area....

Glass is something that in the modern age we simply take for granted, a bog standard part of our lives that is everywhere we go....

Wednesbury Museum is perhaps most famous for its Victorian art gallery, housing collections of paintings from some of the best names in the major European...

The Red House Glass Cone in Wordsley, lies at the heart of Stourbridge’s historic glassmaking quarter. Glass cones once dominated the skyline north of Stourbridge...

The Lace Guild celebrates a grand heritage of lacemaking and manufacture in this country over a period of many centuries. The lace industry was...

The Clent Hills Country Park is only eight miles from the Birmingham conurbation yet it seems a world away. The area was a popular destination...

The Locksmith’s House is a heritage museum that has restored the actual facility that was run by the Hodson family at the turn of the...

Glass has been made at the Dial Glassworks in Stourbridge since 1788. The full range of old buildings can be viewed from the Stourbridge...

The Ruskin Glass Centre is situated in Amblecote, at the heart of Stourbridge’s historic Glass Quarter. Formerly the factory for Royal Doulton, the site now...

The Bonded Warehouse stands as a reminder of the prosperity brought by the canals. Built of brick at the same time as the town arm...

The canal network in the Black Country offers superb walking in an urban area. Between Stourbridge and Dudley, the canal climbs 145 feet through a...

Wolverhampton Art Gallery is one of the centrepieces of the community, an impressive Georgian and Victorian building with two main galleries. The award winning...

Soho House was once the home of Matthew Boulton, one of the most famous sons of Birmingham, associated with James Watt and the Lunar Society....

Francis Asbury grew up in this beautiful cottage on the edge of the West Midlands. He is famous for being the first American Methodist...

Once the home of the Bantock family, this beautiful house is one of the greats gems in Wolverhampton's architectural and cultural history. It is...

Birmingham has a fascinating and lengthy history associated with the jewellery industry that is explored in this museum. The collection is housed in the...

This beautiful piece of Jacobean architecture represents one of the last buildings to be constructed in this style. It was built between 1618 and...

Colony is one of many fine art galleries that are located within the city of Birmingham. It is famous for hosting excellent shows by...

The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists is an institution that is formed and led by a group of outstanding artists based in the city and...

Jerome K Jerome is an author of some note who is probably best known for his book Three Men in a Boat, which has sold...

The New Art Gallery opened in the year 2000 and is part of a brand new civic building at the heart of the community....

Four glasshouses take visitors from tropical rainforest to arid desert conditions with insectivorous plants, giant ‘cacti’, tree ferns and cycads, orchids, sugar cane, bananas &...

National Sea Life Centre, The Water’s Edge, Brindley Place, Birmingham takes visitors on a spectacular undersea voyage with over 55 displays of freshwater and marine...

Birmingham’s Symphony Hall is possibly the best concert venue in the country and offers a varied and exciting annual programme of events to suit an...

The ruins of Weoley Castle are over seven hundred years old and are what is left of a moated medieval manor house. During the...

Birmingham Repertory Theatre, or the Rep as it is more commonly known, was established in 1913 and is acclaimed for launching the careers of new...

Located in a neo-Gothic building in the city, this gallery is recognised as one of the best places to view contemporary art in the region,...

Birmingham’s canals were once essential to the industrial success of this thriving Midlands city and the city centre’s Gas Street Basin was its pivotal point....

The city library and central archives is one of the most dominant and well recognised buildings at the heart of the great city. The...

These art and design archives are some of the finest in the West Midlands and contain a massive collection of art and other artistic materials....

The Birmingham Conservatoire is one of UCE’s faculties and, as such, regularly hosts performances by its students. In addition to student concerts the venue...