Dudley Museum and Art Gallery

Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
St James's Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1HP
England

Website

General museum website

www.dudley.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

General group email

dudley.museum@dudley.gov.uk

Telephone

01384 815575

Fax

01384 815576

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Town Centre Museum and Art Gallery combining permanant art, geology and fossil collections with contemporary exhibitions, local interest shows and hands-on exhibitions related to the school curriculum.

Venue Type:

Museum, Gallery

 Opening hours

Mon-Sat 1000-1600

Ring for Christmas and Easter Opening Times

Closed Bank Holidays
Closed Sunday

 Admission charges

Free entry to Museum & all exhibitions
School Group £3.50 per pupil for whole day session
JAM club £2.65 per child

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Volunteering scheme offered
  • Shop
  • Toilets
  • Parking for coaches
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Regular children's club
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Handling sessions
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Support for extended schools services available
  • Roleplay/costumed interpreters available
  • Special educational needs education services available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Community outreach programme/service
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Additional info

For further information contact the Museum on 01384 815575

Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
St James's Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1HP
England

Website

General museum website

www.dudley.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

General group email

dudley.museum@dudley.gov.uk

Telephone

01384 815575

Fax

01384 815576

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

World class collection of geology.
Art collections include 19th and 20th century oil paintings, drawings and watercolours, as well as modern prints and pictures of local topographical interest.
Also home to the Brooke Robinson colection - a Victorian gentleman's collection of paintings, furniture, Greek and Roman pottery, Oriental and European ceramics, and enamel snuff boxes.

Collection details

Social History, Natural Sciences, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art

Key artists and exhibits

  • Unearthed
  • Geology gallery
  • Art Collections
  • Brooke Robinson collection
  • Percy Shakespeare
  • Duncan Edwards gallery
  • Paul Braddon
  • Sir Frank Brangwyn
  • Ken Cooper
  • David Cox
  • Amos Green
  • Brian Yale
  • Richard S Chattock
  • James Green
  • David Gunning

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
St James's Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1HP
England

Website

General museum website

www.dudley.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

General group email

dudley.museum@dudley.gov.uk

Telephone

01384 815575

Fax

01384 815576

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Vikings and Saxons

1 October 2009 — 1 March 2012 *on now

An exciting, creative and fun learning experience including Anglo Saxon legacy interactive talk, Viking myths drama, handling real and replica artefacts.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
  • Especially for children
  • All ages

Where

Dudley Museum & Art Gallery

Admission

Free entrance
School visit £3.50 per pupil for full day

Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
St James's Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1HP
England

Website

General museum website

www.dudley.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

General group email

dudley.museum@dudley.gov.uk

Telephone

01384 815575

Fax

01384 815576

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Boxes, objects and other kit

'AS' Geology

WJEC Advanced Subsidiary GCE
Unit GL1: Foundation Geolgy. Time and change.
Key idea 1: (b) Trilobites
Available as Outreach or within the Museum
A presentation and exercise to illustrate the range of morphologies of the fossil groups.
A discussion about morphology and mode of life.
A selection of impressive specimens from the Museum's collection used together with handouts.
Group size: 15-20
Duration: 60- 80 minutes
Level: AS Geology

Creator

  • Bill Groves

How to obtain

Please call Dudley Museum for further information:
01384 815575

 Paper-based and downloads

Colourasaur!

http://www.dudley.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museums--galleries/dudley-museum--art-gallery/colorasaur-

Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
St James's Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1HP
England

Website

General museum website

www.dudley.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

General group email

dudley.museum@dudley.gov.uk

Telephone

01384 815575

Fax

01384 815576

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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