Broadfield House Glass Museum
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Broadfield House is a Grade II listed building which houses a glass museum and hot glass studio run by Dudley Council
located in the Stourbridge Glass Quarter, West Midlands
, England. Its collection is made up of items dating from the 17th century to present day and holds many public events and temporary exhibitions. It also houses a public shop where glass makers can sell their wares.
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It opened to the public as a museum in 1980.http://www.localhistories.org/dudley.html
Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley...
located in the Stourbridge Glass Quarter, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England. Its collection is made up of items dating from the 17th century to present day and holds many public events and temporary exhibitions. It also houses a public shop where glass makers can sell their wares.
Exhibitions
The museum holds various permanent and temporary exhibitions, with local, national and international artists represented, featuring historical and contemporary glassworks.The Studio
The Hot Glass Studio is sponsored by The Hulbert Group of Dudley and has been made available for use by graduates and established glass-blowers.Archives and Library
The museum holds a collection of archive material relating to glassworking and collects pattern books, catalogues, description books, invoices and other paperwork, as well as photographs of factories, workers and their families. It has also built up a reference library of books and information on glassworking, including the entire library of Robert Charleston, former head of glass and ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The Charleston library includes approximately 700 books as well as his own collection of papers, articles and archival material. Much of the library material is held at nearby Himley HallHimley Hall
Himley Hall is a country house situated in Staffordshire, England. It is situated in the south of the county near the villages of Wombourne and Kingswinford, and the town of Sedgley...
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It opened to the public as a museum in 1980.http://www.localhistories.org/dudley.html