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Web Link Black Country Living Museum - Dudley

Discover a fascinating world when you visit this urban heritage park in the shadow of Dudley Castle at the heart of the Black Country.
Historic buildings from all around the Black Country have been moved and authentically rebuilt at the Museum, to create a tribute to the traditional skills and enterprise of the people that once lived in the heart of industrial Britain.
Visitors are transported back in time from the modern exhibition halls to the canal-side village, where costumed demonstrators and working craftsmen bring the buildings to life with their local knowledge, practical skills and unique Black Country humour.

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Web Link Foxton Canal Museum

Foxton Canal Museum is fun, children of all ages love it.
The Museum fulfills the Trust's educational role and records the history and research carried out by Trust members.
Models, interactive displays, and a wide range of waterway artifacts tell the story of the lift, the locks, the waterways and the people who lived on the canals.

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Web Link London Canal Museum - N1 9RT

At the London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London's canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats.
Peer down into the unique heritage of a huge Victorian ice well used to store ice imported from Norway and brought by ship and canal boat to be stored.
This unique waterways museum is housed in a former ice warehouse built in about 1862-3 for Carlo Gatti, the famous ice cream maker, and features the history of the ice trade and ice cream as well as the canals.
This is the only London museum of inland waterways and is situated at King's Cross, an accessible central London location.

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Web Link National Waterways Museum - Ellesmere Port

The National Waterways Museum brings together a unique fleet of historic boats with rich collections and archives to tell the story of Britains canals and waterways.

The historic docks at Ellesmere Port provide the perfect setting. With its stunning location on the banks of the Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, extensive in-door displays, boat trips and historic buildings, the Museum is a great day out where time slows down and history comes to life.

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Web Link The Canal Museum - Stoke Bruerne

The Canal Museum is at the heart of the beautiful village of Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal. It's a treasure trove of stories, displays, films and collections all about our waterways.

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Web Link Yorkshire Waterways Museum - Goole

The Yorkshire Waterways Museum is part of Sobriety Project registered charity number 510221.
The main aim of the Project and the Museum is to: 'Use the heritage, arts and environment of the Yorkshire waterways as a resource for learning and regeneration'.

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