West Midlands Archive

Going underground with Contrary Life: Part 1

There is a world of tunnels, caverns and other underground haunts to explore in the UK. So join us on a journey to the dark side as Contrary Life picks out some subterranean gems and hidden passageways…
Electrically charged exhibition at Eastside Projects

Gunilla Klingberg’s Parallelareal Variable is a new site specific installation at Eastside Projects in Birmingham…
Get crafty and create patchwork cushion covers

The Black Country Living Museum in the West Midlands are running a Patchwork Cushion Covers Course this May. Create your own cushion cover using vintage and upcycled fabrics…
Help make a giant glow-in-the-dark sculpture for Museums at Night

As part of Museums at Night, the annual late night festival of arts, culture and heritage, Enginuity, is inviting the public to visit the museum free of charge…
The Black Country Living Museum lights up for an atmospheric Night at the Museum

Join the Black Country Living Museum in its annual celebration, Night at the Museum, on 18th May for a family night out…
Canal Art for Beginners at the Black Country Living Museum

Learn about the traditions of folk canal art with one of the UK’s leading canal artists, Julie Tonkin, at the Black Country Living Museum on 11th May 2013…
Full steam ahead at Blists Hill Victorian Town

Discover how the Victorians harnessed steam to power their engines and other machines at the Steam in Miniature event over the spring Bank Holiday at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire…
All aboard the Asparabus, a green tour with a difference

Attracting visitors from all over the globe, the British Asparagus Festival’s quirky Asparabus Tours will be taking to the road this May…
May Day at the Black Country Living Museum

There will be a chance to get involved with a May Day tradition at the Black Country Living Museum in the West Midlands on the 6th May with maypole dancing…
See an amazing display of working Meccano models at Enginuity, Ironbridge

Working Meccano models created by Telford and Ironbridge Meccano Society are on display at Enginuity, one of the ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums, over the spring bank holiday weekend from Saturday 4th to Monday 6th May…
Karl Nawrot: Mind Walk #I at Eastside Projects

An exhibition featuring an array of drawings and prints by graphic designer and illustrator Karl Nawrot is on at Eastside Projects from 19th April to 18th May 2013….
Float along to Stream, a new exhibition by artist Luce Choules

Stream, a new exhibition by artist Luce Choules and a team of museum volunteers, opens on 26th April in the Footprint Gallery at Fusion near Ironbridge…