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Our Young Roots project has come to an end!

Our Young Roots project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund has now been completed. It has been an amazing opportunity for the museum to engage with a wide variety of Young People from South Staffordshire College, The University of Birmingham and those who have volunteered independently.  We have been able to offer them numerous…


Celebrating National Storytelling Week

To celebrate National Storytelling Week (30 Jan to 5 Feb 2023) Mrs Darwin (aka our volunteer Pat) will read a couple of stories that were written by our volunteers during Lockdown.  These children’s stories feature the  family of mice who live in the museum.  Today’s story is  “The house is ours” say the mice.


Benjamin Franklin

Born January 17 Jan 1706 – Benjamin Franklin  Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) was the most glamorous scientific figure of the 18th century after Isaac Newton. Having made his fortune as a writer and publisher, he retired to explore the emerging new science of ‘electricity’. His discoveries led to the conferment of Doctorates by the University of St…


Royal Society announces Places of Science grants for small museums

  On International Museum Day, 18 May, 36 small museums across the UK have been awarded funding of up to £3,500 by the Royal Society in its Places of science scheme to engage communities with their local science stories. Places of science aims to celebrate projects that will evoke curiosity, interest and enthusiasm by exploring…