I spent Tuesday at the Museum. I'm not a great museum person. I tend to walk through them at normal outdoor walking speed and stop to look at one or two things that interest me. The exceptions are the Science Museum in London and, now, the Black Country Museum at Dudley - just outside Birmingham.
The museum represents (is?) a typical Black Country town in the early 20th century.
This was virtually a green-field site (actually a black field as it was covered with sewage sludge) with no buildings.
All of the buildings on the site (including the bridge you can see on the left hand side of this
But the real genius is that they have reconstructed everything
Apparently the faded cigarette ad on this building was on the bricks that were part of the
The shops and houses have all of the artefacts from the period - it really is like you have gone back in time.
It is a very large site with lots to see. Traditional chain making, a coal mine that you can go down, an old garage and vehicles, and a very early steam pumping engine, and more buildings are being reconstructed.
If you get a chance GO.