WEDNESBURY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY – official video review

HISTORY. The museum was purpose-built to showcase a donation from Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Richards – a huge number of paintings.

Opened 1891.

Unfortunately many of these paintings were sold in the post-war period. The building was then a council office.

WEDNESBURY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

COLLECTION. Works by local artists, a “60s room” (clip; with a copy of Daily Mirror from 1963!), an impressive room for pottery, and toys. The last category includes a Playstation, a Game Boy and a VHS. Feeling old, huh?

So a Victorian a-bit-of-everything.

(If you’re into these vintage gadgets, try the Portsmouth Museum (for consoles). Or in Europe: Vienna’s Technical Museum or Czech’s Technical Museum in Brno both have a colossal collection.)

Clip: WEDNESBURY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

LOCATION. If you come from Birmingham, the metro (e.g. from Grand Central New Street) is the fastest option. Get off at Wednesbury Great Western Street.

Walk northwest to the traffic circle and turn right into Victoria Street. Walk all the way to the end, where you’ll see a Morrisons. Turn right and you’ll arrive at the museum in one minute, to your right.


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Time is asset: save it for better with 25-min museum tours. Or find yourself in my novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.

Date of visit: 2019

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