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 we also look after the New Smethwick Pumping...

Situated in Victoria Park, the Lodge was opened as a Heritage Centre in 2003 by the Smethwick Heritage Centre Trust. On display are examples of products manufactured in Smethwick by many of its famous companies which have now closed. Also displayed are various items...

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, situated in Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, are a 15 acre oasis of delight. Designed by J. C. Loudon, a leading garden planner, horticultural journalist and publisher, they opened to subscribers in 1832.

The Public Gallery is an entirely participatory art gallery, the only space of its kind in the world. Its interior features no vertical walls, and three floors interconnected by rolling promenades. There will be digital waterfalls, flying avatars, labyrinthine paths...

Oak House is 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.

Soho House was the elegant home of industrialist and enterpreneur Matthew Boulton from 1766 to 1809. Carefully restored, this fashionable Georgian house features period room interiors with fine collections of ormolu, silver, furniture and paintings.

Perrotts Folly, which is one of the oldest buildings in Birmingham and said to be the original inspiration for Tolkiens The Two Towers, is being brought back to life as a major tourist attraction and educational and training facility by Trident Care and Support in...

Enjoy a guided tour around a real jewellery factory little changed since the early part of the last century, including a demonstration of jewellery making techniques at the jeweller’s bench. For more than eighty years Smith and Pepper produced jewellery from this...

During the 19th Century, 75% of everything written in the world was with a ‘Birmingham’ pen. Birmingham was at the forefront of this trade until it declined in the 1950’s with the invention of the biro and fountain pen. At one time there were about 100...

The National Sea Life Centre takes visitors on a spectacular undersea voyage with over 60 displays of freshwater and marine life, creating a wonderland for visitors of all ages. The attraction boasts an enormous one million litre ocean tank housing hammerhead sharks,...