Black Country Museum Forges Ahead

The Black Country Living Museum's newest project, expanding to take in the history of the 1940s, 50s and 60s, is delivering steadily with a new industrial quarter now open, alongside the town set in that period. The growth of the museum, means it now brings to life the Black Country from the 1700s to the 1960s, bringing it into the childhoods of many older visitors.
The new industrial quarter at the Black Country Living Museum features three businesses that showcase the industrial changes in the Black Country through the 1940s to 1960s
The new Industrial Quarter at the Black Country Living Museum showcases the industrial changes in the Black Country during the 1950s1. It comprises three buildings, each telling a unique story of the region’s industrial development: