Fantastic little museum. Great displays; not all singing and dancing high tech stuff, but very informative and well presented. The highlights are the workshop rooms which appear just as the …
What a lovely and unique experience. The staff were friendly and very helpful. The guide was entertaining and knowledgeable. What a travesty that this piece of iconic local history is …
Decided to go as I heard that the Walsall Leather Museum has to move to another building as Walsall Council wants Walsall College to take it over. Nice looking museum …
Nice place and a lot of history. I dont know why council is closing it. This museum is the history of walsall and dont get rid of the title of …
The museum is very good, the significance of the trade to the area is amazing and the history is encapsulated in the building and craftsman’s tools. Above all, the staff …
BBC News: A decision to sell Walsall Leather Museum to the town's college has been criticised by the MP and campaigners. "The council has tried to justify its complete disregard …
An excellent place to visit giving a very interesting history of Walsall and the leather industry.
Very sad that this wonderful museum is under threat. Fantastic facility run by really nice people. Enjoyed a coffee and a chat
Was free to go in. Small place, not busy which suited our SEND family. Made a keyring or two at the end, which was very cost effective. You'd only spend …
Great place to visit. Such a shame it is likely to be moved to a new building. This is an original build, lots of history- why does the council insist …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Fantastic little museum. The staff were friendly and the little craft on the day was perfect and super cheap at £1.50.
Really interesting way to spend a couple of hours.
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 …
Great free museum in the middle of Walsall! So much knowledge about the leather trade and a great space to be immersed in the history.
A very enjoyable visit for us and our family. Free entry which is amazing. The children loved the Easter bunny and egg hunt. This is a marvellous place full of …
I’ve been many times before, but today was a first for my boys, they had a great time finding out about the leather industry. We looked at different stages of …
Very very interesting well worth a visit if you are in town.
An excellent insight into Walsall's historic major industry. It's self-led, but there are audio-visual resources to give a flavour of the trades within the industry. Go there very soon as …
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