A World Heritage Site and the beating heart of the Industrial Revolution, the Ironbridge Gorge is home to some amazing museums that make for an unforgettable experience.
News & Events
Easter at Ironbridge
There are loads of fun activities planned for the local school holidays - 13-28 April
Storytime with Peter Rabbit™
We’ve got a very special visitor coming to see us this holiday!
Floral Tile Decorating
Get hands-on and craft this Easter at fun drop-in tile decorating sessions.
1,000 BUILDERS
We need 1,000 Builders to fill the next page in our history.
Blists Hill Victorian Town
Rocket yourself back to the age of steam and see life more than 100 years ago!
Enginuity
Would you crumble in an earthquake? Can you really get electricity from a pond? It's time to find out...
Jackfield Tile Museum
Discover the skills, artistry and craft behind the tiles that helped to decorate Victorian Britain.
Coalport China Museum
See brilliant examples of Coalport and Caughley china as well as traditional ceramic decorating in these former china factory buildings.
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron
Coalbrookdale changed the world forever. Discover how at the Museum of Iron where trails, galleries and interactives bring to life the world that iron made.
Museum of The Gorge
Get lost in the detail of a 12-metre model and catch a film explaining how this area became the most industrious place in the world.
Darby Houses
Time to explore how ‘the other half’ lived during the 18th & 19th centuries at the Darby Family homes – Rosehill House and Dale House.
Tar Tunnel
Tar still oozes through the brickwork of this bitumen spring, accidentally struck by 18th century miners.
The Iron Bridge & Tollhouse
Walk across the first ever cast-iron bridge, built in 1779 across the River Severn. Marvel at its true strength and delicate beauty.
Broseley Pipeworks
Step into a time capsule – a former clay tobacco pipe factory exactly as it was when workers left in the 1950s.