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Shropshire Museums
Untouched for forty years, this fascinating time capsule factory,-where the famous Broseley
’Churchwarden’ pipes were last made in 1957, is now open to visitors.
Duke Street, Broseley, TF8 7AW Tel: 01952 432166
Ten museums in a World Heritage Site.
Once described as "the most extraordinary district in the world", the Ironbridge Gorge is
still a remarkable, and beautiful, place to visit today. A huge amount of early industry survives as
furnaces, factories, workshops, canals and the settlements of Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge, Jackfield and
Coalport.
There are ten award-winning Museums spread along the valley beside the wild River Severn -
still spanned by the world's first Iron Bridge:
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron
Darby Houses
Blists Hill Victorian Town
Coalport China Museum
Tar Tunnel
Museum of the Gorge
Iron Bridge & Tollhouse
Jackfield Tile Museum
Broseley Pipeworks|
Enginuity
Interesting local museum, housed in former market hall, contains displays on the
geology and natural history of Wenlock Edge, local history exhibits including the Wenlock
Olympics and information about Wenlock Priory.
Wilmore Street, Much Wenlock, TF13 6HR. Tel: 01952 727773
Royal Air Force Museum COSFORD
More than 80 aircraft of British, American, German and Japanese design, collections of
engines and missiles, in three heated hangars. British Airways Exhibition Hall and collection of historic
airliners. Visitor Centre includes Restaurant, Gift Shop, Toilets and Conference Centre. FREE
admission
Rowley's House Museum re-opened in January 2001 under the new name of Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery (Rowley's House). The museum occupies two adjoining buildings; one of which is timber-framed (originally built as a merchant's warehouse in the 16th or early 17th Century) and the other a stone and brick building of about 1618 (the mansion of the merchant William Rowley). The buildings are among the finest in Shrewsbury | ||
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