List of museums in the West Midlands

This list of museums in the West Midlands, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name	Image	Town/City	Region	Type	Summary
Aston Hall		Aston	Birmingham	Historic house	17th century Jacobean-style mansion with period rooms featuring furniture, paintings, textiles and metalwork from the collections of the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Avery Historical Museum		Smethwick	Sandwell	Transportation	website, collection of weighing machines and artefacts, located at the Avery Weigh-Tronix headquarters
Bantock House Museum and Park		Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton	Historic house	18th century house, ground floor furnished to reflect the Edwardian era, upper floor displays of important local people, industries, decorative arts, two Victorian period rooms, gardens
Berkswell Museum		Berkswell	Solihull	Local	website, local history
Birmingham Back to Backs		Birmingham	Birmingham	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses, reflects life from 1840s to 1970s
Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House		Birmingham	Birmingham	Military	Site for testing small arms and ammunition, features a museum with small arms and ammunition and the history of their development, open by appointment
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery		Birmingham	Birmingham	Multiple	Art, local history, decorative arts, archaeology, coins, costumes, ceramics
Black Country Living Museum		Dudley	Dudley	Living	Recreated 19th and early 20th century industrial village with historic buildings moved from other sites, includes trams and other transport vehicles, fun fair, historic shops and industry displays
Broadfield House Glass Museum		Kingswinford	Dudley	Art	Historic and contemporary glass
Coventry Watch Museum		Coventry	Coventry	Horology	website, planned museum about watches and watch-making, currently provide exhibitions
Coventry Transport Museum		Coventry	Coventry	Transportation	British-made road transport including cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles
Earlswood Village Museum		Earlswood	Solihull	Local	website, local history
Galton Valley Canal Heritage Centre		Smethwick	Sandwell	Transportation	History of the area canals
Haden Hill House		Cradley Heath	Sandwell	Historic house	Victorian gentleman's house furnished in period style
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum		Coventry	Coventry	Multiple	Art, local history, culture, natural history, city's medieval, Victorian and modern history
Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Museum		Coventry	Coventry	Automotive	website, historic Jaguar cars and racing cars
Locksmith's House		Walsall	Willenhall	Locks	website, Dedicated to a lock-making family, and locally made locks
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter		Birmingham	Birmingham	Historic site	Historic jewellery-making factory, branch museum of the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
National Motorcycle Museum		Bickenhill	Solihull	Transportation	British motorcycles
New Hall Mill		Walmley	Birmingham	Mill	website, 18th century watermill, located in New Hall Valley Country Park
Sarehole Mill		Hall Green	Birmingham	Mill	18th century water mill used for grinding corn and later producing metal, includes 19th century bakehouse, exhibits on local resident J. R. R. Tolkien, branch museum of the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Soho House		Handsworth	Birmingham	Historic house	Late 18th century period Georgian home of industrialist Matthew Boulton, branch museum of the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Thinktank		Birmingham	Birmingham	Science	Themes include future technology, innovation, space travel, current technology and scientific understanding on everyday life, natural history, biology, city's industrial and transportation history
Tipton Community Heritage Centre		Tipton	Sandwell	Local	website, located in the town library, local history, industry, canals, social history
Tyseley Locomotive Works		Birmingham	Birmingham	Railway	Railway depot, workshops, engines and artefacts, viewing on open days
Walsall Leather Museum		Walsall	Walsall	Industry	Former Victorian leather factory, history of the local leather and saddle-making trades
Walsall Museum		Walsall	Walsall	Local	Local history, industry
Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery		Wednesbury	Sandwell	Multiple	Fine art, decorative arts including Ruskin Pottery, toys and games, local history
West Midlands Police Museum		Sparkhill	Birmingham	Law enforcement	website, uniforms, vehicles, photographs, badges, whistles, memorabilia, history of police work in the region

Defunct museums

• Coventry City Farm, closed in 2008
• Coventry Toy Museum, Coventry, closed in 2007
• Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham, closed in 1997, many exhibits now at Thinktank, Birmingham

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