Walsall Leather Museum
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A great experience. I wasn't aware that the Walsall leather trade was the epicentre of the world for leather made goods for saddle making and the military. Over 1000 people were employed in Walsall in the year 1900. You also have the opportunity to make your own leather keyring tag.
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Visited for our "leather" wedding anniversary. Lovely little free museum and a good way to get a feel for Walsalls history. Make sure to make a keyring and give a donation.
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A highly unique museum doing a valuable job in capturing the towns history through ordinary people and their work. The displays are stimulating and well laid out. The staff are hugely helpful including people who themselves or their relatives worked in leather factories. The building is fab
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We love it here however on my last visit during half term we couldn't go around as there was no one available to manage the lift so we could see the second floor. So unfortunately we only explored the lower level.
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Enjoyed the museum, plenty interesting things to see and very helpful and friendly staff. Definitely recommend a visit.
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We need French come to the museum to have a look around doing scavenger hunts my king da love it the they make key rings everytime which they love. The staff are great and very knowledgeable.
If Ian is there he always takes time to speak to us.
I recommend for anybody ne what hasn’t been.
If Ian is there he always takes time to speak to us.
I recommend for anybody ne what hasn’t been.
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Interesting museum. Free entry and reasonably priced drinks and cakes inside. Also, you get chance to make your own keyrings for 60p each - bargain. Really interesting talk and history of the leather museum by Awais :) car park across from museum reasonably priced too.
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What a lovely museum! Really well curated with a genuinely interesting selection of artefacts, just enough explanation and lots of opportunities to touch things, listen to things even smell the leather items. We made our own leather key rings too! The staff were enthusiastic and knowledgeable and the shop was good too. A really unexpected treat. We go to lots of museums of this kind, but they’re not all as good as this one!
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I took a tour with my family of the leather museum and absolutely loved it! We are visiting from the states for two weeks, and the museum is the highlight of my children’s trip. We all watched various demonstrations and bought keychains as souvenirs, but my children got to try hand stitching. The staff is knowledgeable and very kind.
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We visited the Walsall leather museum today. It was very informative. There was such a large leather industry in this area. A really enjoyable afternoon with friendly staff.
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I had an amazing time today visiting the Leather Museum, the Staff was excellent super nice and genuinely super interested in what we had to say. We got to made our own specialized Leather Keyring, author Ian M Bott was there and helped us make our keyrings, he was extremely helpful and knowledgable and super fun to talk to. I strongly reccomend this location to anyone who comes accross it. The crazy part is that it is FREE!! I travelled from Sweden and I can definitely say that the time I spent there was worth the time on my trip.
Thank you for reading! /Elias, Sweden
Thank you for reading! /Elias, Sweden
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Super intresting museum about all things leatherworking in Walsall. We enjoyed our time, super friendly staff. Not exhaustingly long, which I really appriciated. At the end of the Museum they let you make your own custom leather tag for 60 pents (we were doing it with the lovely Ian M. Bott), and they sell a slue of lether items as well by the entrance.
It is free entry, as the lights get kept on by the people of the town. Theres a social space to hang out, and you can buy some refreshments, coffee or small snacks.
Apperently; the people of Walsall will often come just hang out in the social space, so if you want to meet some of the locals you might just get to sit down and have a chat with some! (If not the staff)
Appriciated my time, if you want to experience some local culture, definitly check out this place.
Halpy traveling- Sander the Norwegian
It is free entry, as the lights get kept on by the people of the town. Theres a social space to hang out, and you can buy some refreshments, coffee or small snacks.
Apperently; the people of Walsall will often come just hang out in the social space, so if you want to meet some of the locals you might just get to sit down and have a chat with some! (If not the staff)
Appriciated my time, if you want to experience some local culture, definitly check out this place.
Halpy traveling- Sander the Norwegian
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Very interesting history! Worth visiting for sure, especially for free.
For a small fee you can even create your own little leather keychain.
Lovely staff as well!
For a small fee you can even create your own little leather keychain.
Lovely staff as well!
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Great museum for Walsall's local history and artisan work, and doing truly doing it's community a service.
Let's you make your own keychains for cheap, as well as offering workshops other leather craft items, with the help of some lovely artisans.
Let's you make your own keychains for cheap, as well as offering workshops other leather craft items, with the help of some lovely artisans.
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Amazing visit to have with friends! We went not knowing too well what to expect but we had a lot of fun. Very nice collection and very nice staff. We had a lot of fun at the end making our own leather stamp charms aswell thanks to Ian.
Very recommended for a quick nice stop!
Very recommended for a quick nice stop!
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Found the museum on line and decided to take 2 of the grandchildren and what a surprise staff friendly very clean. The grand children wanted to do the leather activity and I found the gentleman who was in charge of the activity was so good with rhe children , we had a wonderful time, I would visit again
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Came for the easter activity with my 3.5 year old, lovely friendly staff. Made an easter basket which my daughter throughly enjoyed. There was then an egg hunt through the museum and on that journey you could make your own personalised leather keyring....again she loved this!
Its ashame the council are trying to close the museum!
I will be here again on monday for more half term fun
Its ashame the council are trying to close the museum!
I will be here again on monday for more half term fun
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Excellent little gem of a museum right in the heart of Walsall. Free to enter. The staff were very helpful and we even made our own leather key rings to take away with us for 60p!
This museum gave us a real feel for what it must have been like to work in the leather industry and how important Walsall leather, and in particular the saddles were to the world.
Will take about an hour or so to wander around. Would highly recommend.
This museum gave us a real feel for what it must have been like to work in the leather industry and how important Walsall leather, and in particular the saddles were to the world.
Will take about an hour or so to wander around. Would highly recommend.
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Great place to visit with free entry, explains everything about leather making with activities for you to enjoy, also has a small cafe.
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A fantastic day at this FREE museum, learning so much information about the leather trade, along with history of the local area. Added bonus was the chance to make our own keyrings, and the friendly knowledgeable staff. Particularly enjoyed the stories being told by people who worked their whole lives in various parts of the trade, from curriers to hand stitchers.
The leather industry is still so relevant to the town today, and something the council should be protecting the history of. This fantastic museum is such an important part of our local history, and it would be a devastating loss were it to move.
The leather industry is still so relevant to the town today, and something the council should be protecting the history of. This fantastic museum is such an important part of our local history, and it would be a devastating loss were it to move.
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Fantastic little museum. The staff were friendly and the little craft on the day was perfect and super cheap at £1.50.
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We had a lovely visit doing some arts and crafts, finding out new things, bespoke key rings and a little treat in the gift shop. A lovely little place to visit.
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Really interesting way to spend a couple of hours.
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Visited the Leather Museum while visiting the area from Leicester. The museum buildings are lovely and the exhibit is well laid out and interesting. The staff were friendly and informative. It's free and the coffee is good. Enjoyed my visit.
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Lovely place to spend a couple of hours. There's a tea room with food available. Lots of informative videos. Things to interact with. We got a chance to make our own key ring for a small charge of 60p. Completely free to enter and the price of the gifts in the shop are reasonable for the kids too. Lots of leather goods to purchase. Staff are friendly and informative!
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