Stratford-upon-Avon and the Heart of England
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1. Barber Institute of Fine Art
Edgbaston | Museum/GalleryPart of the University of Birmingham, the museum has a small but astounding collection of European paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture...Read More
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2. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
City Centre | Museum/GalleryVast and impressive, this museum holds a magnificent collection of Victorian art and is known internationally for its works by the Pre-Raphaelites...Read More
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3. Ironbridge Gorge Museum
Museum/GalleryThe 10 sites that make up the Ironbridge Gorge Museum—a World Heritage Site spread over 6 square miles—preserve the area’s fascinating industrial...Read More
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4. Shakespeare’s Birthplace
Museum/GalleryA half-timber house typical of its time, the playwright's birthplace is a much-visited shrine that has been altered and restored since Shakespeare...Read More
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5. Bewdley Museum
Museum/GalleryThe 18th-century butchers’ market, the Shambles, now holds this museum, which documents local history, trades, and crafts with exhibits on rope...Read More
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6. Birmingham Back to Backs
City Centre | Museum/GalleryOf the 20,000 courtyards of back-to-back houses (houses that quite literally back onto each other) built in the 19th century for the city’s...Read More
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7. Cadbury World
Museum/GalleryThe village of Bournville (5 miles south of the city center) contains this museum devoted to—what else?—chocolate. In 1879 the Quaker Cadbury...Read More
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8. Cider Museum
Museum/GalleryA farm’s cider house (the alcoholic, European kind) and a cooper’s workshop have been re-created at the Cider Museum, where you can tour ancient...Read More
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9. Compton Verney
Museum/GalleryA neoclassical country mansion remodeled in the 1760s by Scottish architect Robert Adam has been repurposed by the Peter Moores Foundation as...Read More
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10. Grosvenor Museum
Museum/GalleryStart a visit to this museum with a look at the Roman Stones Gallery, which displays Roman-era tombstones previously used to repair city walls...Read More
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11. Ikon Gallery
City Centre | Museum/GalleryConverted from a Victorian Gothic–style school, this gallery is among the city’s top venues for contemporary art from Britain and abroad. The...Read More
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12. Ledbury Heritage Centre
Museum/GalleryIn the old grammar school, this museum traces the history of the building, town, railroad, and canal, mostly through local postcards. It also...Read More
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13. MAD Museum
Museum/GalleryPush buttons and pedals to your heart's content to make the exhibits in the Mechanical Art & Design Museum come alive. Witty, beautiful...Read More
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14. Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Jewellery Quarter | Museum/GalleryThis museum is built around the workshops of Smith & Pepper, a firm that operated in the Jewellery Quarter for more than 80 years. Little...Read More
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15. Pen Room
Jewellery Quarter | Museum/GalleryDuring the 19th century, Birmingham was the hub of the world pen trade with 129 factories employing nearly 8,000 people. This museum celebrates...Read More
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16. Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
Museum/GalleryLocated in the the town’s former Music Hall, this museum chronicles the history of the area, from prehistoric times to the present day. One...Read More
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17. The Firs Elgar’s Birthplace
Museum/GalleryThe composer Sir Edward Elgar was born in the village of Lower Broadheath, 8 miles north of Great Malvern, in this tiny brick cottage. Set in...Read More
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18. Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum
Digbeth | Museum/GalleryThis interactive museum in the state-of-the-art Millennium Point center allows kids to explore science and the history of Birmingham over four...Read More
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19. Tudor World
Museum/GalleryTread carefully over the cobbles and enter Tudor World on Sheep Street to find a dimly lit and quirky maze of displays that explore, with the...Read More
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