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Our brand new archives and local history centre

Construction work continues on our brand new, purpose built archives and local history centre. 

The new centre is located on the Tipton Road in Dudley, next to the Black Country Living Museum. It will replace the existing centre in Coseley which now has insufficient storage space, as well as ageing facillites.

The new centre is being part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, as part of their funding for the redevelopment of the Castle Hill area of Dudley.

The new centre should be complete in the summer, opening later this year – 2013.

The new building will offer state of the art facilites and lots of opportunites for involvement from local community groups, schools and colleges.

:: more on the new archives and local history centre

Dudley Archives Journal - December 2012

The latest Archives Journal is now available - please click on the link above.

Blackcountryhistory.org

It's here!

Yes, our online catalogue, Blackcountryhistory.org, has returned in a new and improved website, and it's better than ever before! 

With the ability to refine your searches by People, Places, Times, Subjects or individual offices, it is now easier than ever to discover that ever elusive record or photograph. All of DALHS' catalogued material is available to search. This amounts to over ten thousand records and over three thousand images!

So get searching now, you never know what you might find ...

General Information

Appointments are essential

We do not take telephone calls between 1.00pm and 2.00pm, however, the searchroom remains open.

Tel: 01384 812770