Black by day and red by night: the Black Country story

Visit Black Country Living Museum and experience over 300 years of industrial history. Want to know what made the Black Country famous? Look no further...
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Established in 1978, Black Country Living Museum is one of the UK’s leading open-air museums. Designated by Arts Council England for the quality and national significance of its collections, it attracted over 300,000 visitors in 2022.
Visitors can experience sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the Black Country as they explore shops, houses and industrial workshops rebuilt in the Museum’s canalside village. From the Industrial Revolution to post-war prosperity, they will discover the history of a small region that made a big impact on the people, culture and industry of the world by meeting historical characters that bring back to life the people that made this place home, from metalworkers and miners to nurses and schoolteachers - and even a pub landlord or two.

[@PaigeCrystalCookie]

I just saw that today on a school trip it was cool and fun experiencing it!,

[@GWR4079]

Bring back the live black smiting and chain making. I used to love that as a kid expecially when we got our personal signs cast in iron

[@BClivingmuseum]

We still run live chain and nail making demonstrations on a daily basis - make sure to head to Station Road and the Boat Dock on your next visit to see the forges at work!

[@GWR4079]

@@BClivingmuseum I must have missed it last time I was there as it wasn't on any part of the day. I'll have to come again in the summer since the mine is now open aswell

[@jayne2943]

The sweet shop sold left over bits from them

[@jayne2943]

Was the titanic anchor chain made there

[@baknights14]

Yes it was. My 3x great nan actually helped build it. There's actually a replica of the anchor that you can visit in netherton