Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery
Wednesbury Museum is Sandwell's Museum and Art Gallery. It is purpose built Victorian Art Gallery, housing collections which include fine art paintings, applied art, old toys as well as one of the world's largest collections of Ruskin pottery.
Visiting Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery
Our permanent exhibitions include the world famous Ruskin pottery
collection, old
toys and games, Victorian paintings in the impressive Richards gallery
and a local history gallery.
History of Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery
Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery has been a museum for over a hundred
years and is now the Museum and Art Gallery for Sandwell and part of
Sandwell Museum Service.
The Gallery hosts a regular programme of events and activities for families, as well as talks, holiday activities and an art group. See our “Whats on” section for details. See also temporary exhibitions.
Toy handling is available at the Gallery for Key Stage 1 classes, and for older children educational activities around our temporary exhibition programme are available at a small charge.
World famous and highly collectable, Ruskin Pottery was made right here in Sandwell between 1898 and 1935. The world's largest public collection of Ruskin Pottery is displayed at Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery.
Contact Details
Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery,
Holyhead Road, Wednesbury, WS10 7DF.
Tel: 0121 556 0683
Email: museumarts_tourism@sandwell.gov.uk