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Dudley Museum & Art Gallery

There is something for everyone at Dudley Museum & Art Gallery. For teachers we have fun, interactive school visits. For art lovers we have frequently changing art exhibitions. For budding geologists, we have a huge collection of fossils. For families we have the JAM club (Juniors At Museums)

Opening Times

Monday to Saturday from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Open all year except for Bank Holidays including Good Friday and Easter Monday.

Admission is Free

Contact Us

Telephone: 01384 815575

Email: General Contact Form

Address: St. James's Road, Dudley, DY1 1HU

Directions: How to get to Dudley Museum & Art Gallery

The Collections

The most important collection at Dudley Museum is Geology Collection. There are two galleries given over to the collection and the very important place that Dudley occupies in the story of the discovery of the science of Geology in the United Kingdom.

There are the Fine Art Collection, Brooke Robinson Collection, Duncan Edwards Collection and other smaller collections. please see our collections webpage for information on all of the collection.

View the Collections Online

Please use Black Country History to discover more about the historic objects and documents cared for by Dudley Museum & Art Gallery, Broadfield House Glass Museum and The Red House Glass Cone.

Geology Matters showcases the geology collections of four Black Country museums. Use this website to search our collections, browse images, read articles or watch videos about all things geology related.

Stuck for a creative idea, then Inspired Designs is the website for you. Packed with our most colourful and distinctive objects. Inspired Designs showcases the decorative art collections cared for by a number of museums in the Black Country. You can use this website to search our collections, browse images or read articles about related topics.

We Love Art allows you to search the fine art collections of the galleries, museums and archives in the Black Country. Research the many collections of artists work we hold, look through our theme galleries, see the top twenty artists works chosen by our curators from across the gallery collections. This is a great introduction to artists and paintings you might not have heard of, all on one website.

Current exhibitions at Dudley Museum

Dudley Museum & Art Gallery now combines permanent collections of art, geology and fossils with contemporary exhibitions, local interest shows and hands-on exhibitions related to the school curriculum.

Current exhibitions include: Saxons and Vikings, Duncan Edwards and Local Heroes, Return of the Dinosaurs, Fantastic Fossils and Dudley UnEarthed.

Juniors at Museums

The Museum is a place to learn and have fun and is a great place to take the family with free admission, free trails and family craft activities.

The JAM Club is for children and their families We host a varied programme of events and activities taking place across all the Museums in the Borough.

Whitsun half term holiday

Please note the Museum is closed on 4 and 5 June

Jubilee Trail: 2-10 June, 10am-4pm FREE

Can you find the treasure and jewels hidden around the Museum?

Living History Day: 9 June, 10am-4pm FREE entry

A hands-on experience. Children's craft activities and displays of Dudley through the ages; meet a knight and try on their armour, discover the monks of Dudley Priory and travel back in time to when the Dudley Bug was swimming in the warm seas.

Small charge applies to craft activities.