Museum of Cannock Chase
Museum of Cannock Chase
Valley Road
Hednesford
Cannock
Staffordshire
WS12 1TD
England
Website
www.wlct.org/museumofcannockchase
Telephone
01543 877666
Fax
01543 428272
Situated where the Valley Colliery once stood we now have over 30 acres of green space on the edge of Cannock Chase. Today the hills form one of the last remaining areas of heathland in Britain.
Venue Type:
Museum, Library, Archive, Gallery, Industrial heritage site, Garden, parklands or rural site
Additional info
The library is open by appointment only.
The museum has five formal display galleries. The Local History Gallery - Tracing the Chase, The Miner's Cottage - depicting life at the turn of the twentieth century, Toys and Games Past and Present - Relive your childhood memories in our Toys gallery, Seven Centuries of Coal - find out about Cannock's industrial heritage, The 1940s Room - domestic life during the Second World War. In addition to these, a temporary exhibition programme runs throughout the year offering visitors the opportunity to see objects from the museum's reserve collections as well as those from other museums and private collections.
Collection details
Toys and Hobbies, Social History, Industry, Archives
Key artists and exhibits
- 1940s
- Coal mining
- local history
- toys and games
Buried Treasure- Digging into the Coal Mining Collections
We’ll be putting on display artefacts that have been in our stores and now, with your help, we want to tell their stories. There will be maps of the coalfield alongside objects used in the pits, discussions about the role of various jobs and photographs from different decades of the twentieth century. What can you tell us that has yet to be revealed? Are there any stories missing?
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free Entry to the Museum and Exhibition
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