Museums of Industry
The West Midlands has many intriguing specialist museums. In the Birmingham area find the Leather Museum at Wallsall, the Pen Museum, Cofffin Works and Museum of the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.
In Coventry, find the Coventry Watch Museum, Coventry Music Museum and Sgt Bilko’s Vintage Emporium and Phil Silvers Museum, among others.
Visit major transport, aviation and motor museums around Birmingham and Coventry, the British Motor Museum at Gaydon and the Morgan Motor Company factory and archives at Great Malvern.
Out and about in the counties finds to enjoy include the Hereford Museum of Cider, the Museum of Royal Worcester Porcelain, Ironbridge Gorge and the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent.
Historic houses and castles also showcase their own fabulous collections.