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Patchwork Cushion Covers Course - Black Country Living Museum

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…

Black Country Museum - Night at the Museum

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…

Black Country Living Museum - JulieTonkin, Canal Art

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…

Black Country Living Museum - Maypole Dancing

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…

Curiosity of the Week

Take a ride through history at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach sign

For our latest Curiosity of the Week, we thought we’d bring you a bit of cheery escapism in the form of fairground rides!

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Join an interactive whodunnit this Easter
Manor of Lies by Morpheus

No plans for Easter? Why not take part in a Regency whodunnit with your friends? From now until the end of April, Manor of Lies will be helping people get together to solve a mystery and avoid a scandal…

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