There are free entry listings in the West Midlands -Free Days Out For Kids
- Coventry and Birmingham
Open all year. Closed 12 Apr, 27,28 Dec.
Admission is free!
Tel: 0121 558 1112
Bantock House Museum and Park
Finchfield Road
Wolverhampton
West Midlands, WV3 9LQ
A
Grade II listed family home of the Bantock family, Wolverhampton merchants.
Filled with lots of things to see and do. Restored to its Edwardian splendour
- truly a hidden treasure!
Open: Nov - Mar, Tues - Sun, 1200 - 1600
Apr - Oct, Tues - Sun, 1100 - 1700
Admission is free!
Fully accessible for visitors with disabilities.
Out in the park, visitors can appreciate the changing seasons in the restored
gardens. There is also a nature trail, picnic area, children's playground, pitch
and putt and outdoor cafe seating area.
From M5, M6 & M54 follow signs for Wolverhampton. Bantock House is
signposted from city. Bantock House is located approximately one mile (and a
bit) from Wolverhampton city centre.
Bus route 513 or 543 from city centre.
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Tel: 01902 552 195
Fax: 01902 552 196
Free Days Out in Birmingham on this page
Fine Arts
University of Birmingham
Edgebaston, Birmingham
West Midlands, B15 2TS
Open all year, Mon-Sat, 10.00-17.00, Sun, 12.00-17.00
Closed 24-26 Dec, 1 Jan
Admission is free!
Tel: 0121 4147333
Fax: 0121 4143370
Berkswell Village Museum
Lavender Hall Lane
Berkswell, Coventry
West Midlands, CV7 7BL
Open 11,12 Apr, 2 MAy-3 Oct, Sun,
Bank Holiday Mon, 1400-1800
Admission is free!
Tel: 01676 533242
Bilston Craft Gallery
Mount Pleasant
Bilston, Wolverhampton
West Midlands, WV14 7LU
Open all year, Tue-Fri, 1000-1600, Sat, 1100-1600.
Closed 9-13 Apr, Mons, Suns, Bank Holidays.
Admission is free!
Tel: 01902 552507
Fax: 01902 552504
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Birmingham Ecopark
258a Hobmoor Road
Smallheath, Birmingham
West Midlands, B10 9HH
Ecopark is a wildlife gardening demonstration garden. It has displays of
sustainable energy, recycling and gardening with wildlife in mind.
Open all Year Tues - Thurs 1200 - 1600;
Sat 1000 - 1600
Admission is free!
Tel: 0121 785 0553
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
West Midlands, B3 3DH
Open Mon-Thu, Sat, 1000-1700, Fri, 1030-1700,
Sun, 1230-1700. Closed 24-26 Dec, 1 Jan
Admission is free!
Tel: 0121 303 2834
Broadfield House Glass Museum
Compton Drive, Kingswinford
West Midlands, DY6 9NS
Situated in the historic glass quarter, Broadfield House celebrates the
art of glass making. The Museum has a magnificent collection of British
glass, much of it made locally, dating from the 17th century up to
the present day.
Craft activities for children during school holidays.
The Museum combines the old with the new: a beautiful late Georgian house with
an award winning modern extension.
Open: Tuesday to Sunday 12.00 to 16.00
Closed Mondays and Bank Holidays
Admission to the Museum is free
Tel: 01384 812 745
Fax: 01384 812 746
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Coventry Transport Museum
Hales Street, Coventry
West Midlands, CV1 1PN
One of the best FREE entry museums we have visited!
From bone-rattling bicycles to world speed historic vehicles. See the 'Back
to the future' Delorian car.
Great facilities for children's activities.
A great journey through time and a look into the future too.
Open all year, daily, 10.00 to 17.00. Closed 24 to 26 December
You could spend the whole day here - It's a great family day out!
Admission is free!
Tel: 024 7683 2425
Fax: 024 7683 2465
Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
St James' Road, Dudley
West Midlands, Dy1 1HU
Dudley Museum and Art Gallery has fine art and geological collections
Admission is free!
Tel: 01384 815 575
Fax: 01384 815 576
Earlswood Village Museum
Shutt Lane
Earlswood, Solihull
West Midlands, B91
Open Mar-Sep, 1st Sat in the month, 1430-1630.
Admission is free!
Galton Valley Canal Heritage Centre
Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick
West Midlands, B66 1AP
Adjacent to both the Birmingham New and Old Main Lines, the Galton Valley Canal
Heritage Museum in Smethwick is ideally place to explore the local canals and
their history.
As well as the museum building on Brasshouse Lane they also look after the
New Smethwick Pumping Station and the original site of the famous Smethwick Engine
(now housed in Birmingham Museum,
Chamberlain Square,
Birmingham).
It is FREE to visit the museum and if you would like to visit the New Smethwick
Pumping Station or the Smethwick Engine Site please speak to a member of staff
to arrange a time.
Open all year, daily, dawn-dusk. Closed 25, 26 Dec.
Tel: 0121 558 8195
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum,
Jordan Well, Coventry
West Midlands, CV1 5QP
Open all year, Mon-Sat, 1000-1730, Sun, 1200-1700.
Admission is free!
Tel: 024 7683 2565
Fax: 024 7683 2410
Ikon Gallery
1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace
Birmingham B1 2HS
The Ikon Gallery, Birmingham features temporary exhibitions over two floors
totalling 450m². A variety of media is represented, including sound, film,
mixed media, photography, painting, sculpture and installation.
Admission to Ikon Gallery is free - MAP
Opening times
Tuesday - Sunday 11.00 to 18.00
Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays.
Closed during installation of exhibitions
Tel. 0121 248 0708 Fax. 0121 248 0709
Email. art@ikon-gallery.co.uk
Ikon is a limited company registered as an educational charity. Ikon receives
core funding from Arts Council England West Midlands and Birmingham City Council
and raises additional income from a variety of sources, including charitable
trusts, foundations and corporate sponsorship.
Jerome K Jerome Birthplace Museum
Belsize House,
Bradford Street, Walsall
West Midlands, WS1 1PN
Open Sat 1200-1400.
Closed Sat 10 Apr, 25 Dec, 1 Jan
Admission is free!
Tel: 01922 653116
Lapworth Museum of Geology
Earth Sciences
The University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston, Birmingham
West Midlands, B15 2TT
Open 5 Jan-22 Dec, Mon-Fri 0900-1700;
Sat, Sun 1400-1700.
Closed 9 Apr-14 Apr; 23 Dec - 4 Jan 05
Admission is free!
Tel: 0121 414 7294
Fax: 0121 414 4942
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter,
75-79 Vyse Street
Hockley, Birmingham
West Midlands, B18 6HA
The museum is open all year round, but entrance to the factory is by guided
tour only (Allow 1 hour for the tour).
Admission: Free
In 1981 Smith & Pepper jewellery manufacturers
ceased trading and locked the door, unaware they would be leaving a time capsule
for future generations.
Tools were left on benches; overalls hung on coat hooks;
and teacups alongside jars of marmite and jam on the shelf! Even the
décor had
more in common with early 20th century trends than a thriving business in the
early 1980s.
Today the factory is a remarkable museum, which tells the story of the Jewellery
Quarter and Birmingham’s renowned jewellery and metalworking heritage.
With live demonstrations of traditional jewellery-making skills, experience
of what it was like to work in this noisy and busy workshop.
Opening Times:
Tuesday to Saturday 10.30 - 16.00
Closed Sundays and Mondays
Open Bank Holiday Mondays
Tel: 0121 554 3598
Fax: 0121 554 9700
New Hall Mill, Off Wylde Green Road, Sutton Coldfield, Nr Birmingham,
West Midlands B76 1QU
New Hall Mill is an 18th century watermill situated on Plants
Brook, 1.5 miles south of Sutton Coldfield off the B4148
OS Grid: SP 132945
The watermill has an overshot waterwheel that drives two pairs of millstones. There is an exhibition area, tearoom and sales area. The grounds include a nature trail and Miller's garden.
Open: May to September, 2nd Sunday only each month. 1000 - 1600
Free entry
(donations welcome).
No coach parking.
Tel: 0121 378 4901
Web: www.newhallmill.org.uk
Parkridge Centre
Brueton Park, Solihull
Opened in 2002 by Prof. David Bellamy. Contains displays, hands-on
activities and information about the local environment.
Open daily 0930 - 1700
except Christmas day.
The Pen Room, Hockley,
Birmingham B1 3HS
The Pen Museum is situated in a former pen factory, now a Grade II Listed
Building, demonstrating through a wide range of displays demonstrations and activities
the fact that Birmingham was the centre of the world pen trade employing thousands
of people. During the 19th Century over 100 companies grew up in the area. Towards
the end of the century the number of manufacturers had been reduced to 12 main
companies.
Free entry (donations welcome).
Open Monday to Saturday 11.00
to 16.00 and Sundays 13.00 to 16.00
Website -
Tel: 0121 236 9834 - Charity No.1064945
The Oak House Museum,
Oak Road, West Bromwich, B70 8HJ
Oak House in West Bromwich is a delightful half timbered yeoman's house built
around 1590. Furnished with Tudor and Jacobean furniture and has some extremely
fine 17th century wall panelling. You will also find an array of replica items
which really make the house come alive.
Oak House dates back to the 16th century, with brick extensions from the mid
17th century. It is one of the finest timber framed buildings in the Midlands,
and is a remarkable survival in a region transformed by industry in the 18th
and 19th centuries. MAP
Oak House hosts a variety of events and exhibitions throughout the year for
all the family to enjoy. We have school holiday activities as well as a lively
schools programme.
Free Entry
Tel: 0121 553 0759
The Red House Glass Cone
High Street
Wordsley,
Stourbridge
West Midlands,
DY8 4AZ
There is a self guided tour through the old glassworks which includes
some underground passages and tunnels which have not previously been
open to the public. There is a spiral staircase that allows you to walk
up through the core of the glass furnace onto the viewing platform.
Here visitors can see the scale and enormity of this amazing
structure.
Opening Hours:
Summer Season (April-October)
Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm
Sunday, 10am-4pm
Winter Season (November-March)
Monday-Sunday, 10am-4pm
Free entry
Tel: 01384 812750
Fax: 01384 812751
Sarehole Mill, Cole Bank Road,
Hall Green, Birmingham
B13 0BD
On the 'Tolkein Trail' Sarhole Mill is one of only two surviving watermills in Birmingham. You can explore the 200-year-old mill and courtyard and the nearby Shire Country Park.
With 'Milling Days' the last Sunday of the month.
Admission is Free
Open from 31st March to 28th October
Tuesday to Sunday 1130 - 1600
Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays
OS Grid: SP 099819
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Tel: 0121 777 6612
Web: www.bmag.org.uk
Walsall Leather Museum
Littleton Street, West Walsall
West Midlands, WS2 8EQ
The Museum tells the story of how Walsall became the capital of Britain's
leather goods trade.
Open all year: Tues - Sat 1000 - 1700
Sun 1200 - 1700
Nov - Mar closes at 1600
Closed Mon
Admission is free!
Tel: 01922 721 153
Fax: 01922 725 827
Walsall Museum
Central Library & Museum
Lichfield Street, Walsall
West Midlands, WS1 1TR
Walsall Museum has recently received funding from the Heritage Lottery
Fund to develop a new permanent exhibition devoted to the history of Walsall.
Open all year, Tue-Fri 1000-1700, Sat 1000-1600.
Closed 9-12 Apr, 24-28 Dec, 1 Jan 05
Admission is free!
Tel: 01922 653116
Fax: 01922 632824
Wednesbury Art Gallery and Museum
Holyhead Road, Wednesbury
West Midlands, WS10 7DF
Open all year, Mon-Wed, 1000-1700,
Thu, Sat, 1000-1300,
Fri, 1000-1700.
Closed 25 Dec-1 Jan.
Last admission 30 minutes before closing.
Admission is free!
Tel: 0121 556 0683
Fax: 0121 505 1625
Willenhall Museum and Library
Walsall Street, Willenhall
West Midlands, WV13 2EX
Open all year, Mon 1000-1900, Tues, Fri 0930-1700,
Thurs 0930-1900, Sat 0930-1600,
Closed Wed. Closed 9-12 Apr, 24-28 Dec, 1 Jan 05.
Admission is free!
Tel: 01902 366513
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Lichfield Street
Wolverhampton
WV1 1DU
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FREE ENTRY
Features an interesting mix of changing displays of art by local artists and
artefacts that have shaped Wolverhampton.
Opening Times: The Gallery is open Monday – Saturday, 10.00 – 17.00.
Closed Bank Holidays.
For Christmas opening times please call the Art Gallery on 01902 552055.
Wolverhampton is well served with bus, train and tram links to Birmingham
and other towns in the West Midlands.
The Art Gallery is situated in the centre of Wolverhampton, 5 minutes walk
from the bus, train and metro stations.
If you are coming by car, follow the signs for Wolverhampton from the M5,
M6 and M54, Wolverhampton Art Gallery is signposted off the city ring road. There
are several car parks nearby.
