Yes yes yes! Drive…read moreup, or walk from picturesque iron bridge, and pay in (with a gorge passport to get more bang for your buck if you fancy the other nearby museums or visiting more than once) and enter up the spiral staircase, through the dark industry introductions, and into the sun at the edge of the little town. You may be tempted by the little cafe on the left as you enter, but personally, I would ignore this and head to the bank. You can change new money for old, with a little helping guide sheet about how much your halfpennies and farthings are worth, and into the museum. The shed opposite often contains activities, candle dipping, or plays, and victorian carolling near christmas. You can find a post office (with a museum upstairs), an outfitters, sweetshop, woodturners, fish and chip shop, butchers, blacksmiths, school, candlemakers, printers, tinsmiths, photographers (unfortunately with a digital camera rather than silver baths, but still), green grocers, bakers, squatters cottage, doctors, dentists, church (where you can actually get married) and those are just the staffed buildings, where you can often find demonstrations or people in the know, with plenty of others too. You can buy products, with your victorian money of course, and it doesn't feel like they're just trying to make money off you, there's efforts with everything to make them look genuine, and a lot of things made by the staff themselves too, which is far more impressive than buying it in. There are sing-a-longs in the pub (yes, a proper pub, with beer and everything) every day, and so much tasty food where you don't have to go through the cafes for if you don't want to. Its a bit hilly to get down the the shipyard, the incline and the funfair, which is complete with a coconut shy and carousel among other treats and games, but if you don't fancy that there's always the horse bus. It's a good look into life, engineering and culture, along with all the little historical professions. It's excellent education for kids, but it's lovely for grownups too, extra entertained by some of the slightly cheeky old advertising. And if all of that isn't good enough, I took a die hard northerner last week, and he said it's better than beamish!!! Suck on that!

Step back into the early 19th century when people lived much harder daily lives. Start by stopping…read moreby Loyds bank to make sure you have a few shillings to spend on the goods you may need. Once you've collected your farthings and shillings, head on over to the general grocer or the pharmacy if you need a tonic or remedy for an ailment. Certainly pop on into the local pub for a meat pie and libations if you find your self famished. This place was so unique and everything I hoped it would be! Be sure to get here early because it takes a whole day to see everything.

We visited here as part of our annual pass visits to the Ironbridge Gorge Museums and although we…read moreexpected it to be not that interesting we ended up thoroughly enjoying our visit. The displays are both interesting and really well set out in a fun way. There is enough information if youre an enthusiast but its also great for an hour or so of fun. There is a restaurant/cafe for refreshments and a shop where you can even order tiles for your whole house if you wanted! We enjoyed our visit, its not one we would do over and over but would visit every so often as even our daughter enjoyed this.

Granted, I love tile but this was a great museum! Lots of interesting displays and real tile…read moreexamples. A larger exhibit than I expected, it held my interest over a couple hours time. I wish there was more to purchase in the tile shop, though!

This place is a firm favourite for me…read more I visited this place for the first time about twenty years ago, and I have been back several times since. All the museums are excellent, I have tiles from jackfield, clay flowers from coalport, and so many happy memories from blists hill, *enginuity etc. If you get a passport, you can get more for your money and head to all of the museums several times, and it's great education into historical life and industry in the area whether for children or adults. I've happily taken lots of people here, and everyone has enjoyed it. Highly recommended.

The Blists Hill Victorian museum recreates a working Victorian village on this site in Ironbridge…read more A lot of the buildings have been moved brick by brick to their new location including the chemist and the Forrest Glenn pavilion. When you enter through the eighties looking visitor centre, you are immediately in another time. You can exchange your money for LSD coinage (that's Pounds, Shillings and Pence) which you can then spend in the shops. The chemist is a Bates & Hunt (i can still remember when they had a chemist in Wellington) and provides a fascinating insight into what life was like - have a look at the posters for some of the more sinister aspects, along with the barbers chair - complete with worn arm rest from where people would have gripped it. The printers shop is another marvel - it's amazing to see what we have today, compared to what was used in the 19th century, unfortunately its always been closed whenever i've visited. They have a new steam powered lift to the mine which sounds very much like the Tardis - i'm wondering if a similar device was the inspiration behind the BBC sound effect workshop. Even if you've been before then museum is worth going to again as you will always see something new.

Great place to visit, all the museums including blist hill, would recommend the yearly passport…read morewhich allows you to visit any of the museums over a 12month period, as you cant sell all in just one day, see my full review http://www.kevinsimon.co.uk/?p=609

Went to these a while back and found them excellant value for money. Lots to do and see in lovely…read moresurroundings. I really enjoyed the Victorian Village as there is quite a bit to do there. I also enjoyed the Tile Musuem which I did think could be a little boring but in the end it was very interesting. It was good to learn about the history of the area and seeing all the different tiles that were produced at the factory. The tar tunnel was really interesting and different. You can walk along the tunnel where is some places you can see the bitumen. They give you a head hat to wear to protect your head. It can be chilly down there so remember a jumper!

As you leave the reception you move into a large room full of large TV screens which helps to set…read morethe scene of what you can expect to see in the museum. You receive a brief history of life and times in the old town and video footage of workers in the village running the old iron works and foundry to produce iron (for which the place is famous). As you climb the stairs you experience something completely different. Stepping into Blists Hill Victorian Town is like the scene from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe where the children step through the wardrobe doors into a strange new land. As you push open the wooden doors at the top of the stairs you are transported back over 100 years into a strange Victorian landscape of old buildings, horse drawn carts and people walking around in authentic period costumes. The first major building is the old Bank where you can exchange modern money for old fashioned pound shillings and pence (this is only for fun as everything for sale on site can be bought in new and old money). The first major decision you have to make is at the first junction where you must decide to go straight on towards the old iron works or turn left towards the traditional fish & chip shop and sweetshop. Not a difficult choice really as you sit alongside the canal eating a traditional bag of chips, with your pockets full of gobstoppers and other Victorian favourites. Opposite the chip shop is the old pharmacy (apparently where they filmed the recent TV series The Victorian Pharmacy), where the sign reads Teeth Carefully Extracted, with a dirty looking pair of pliers I think not!!!, not without visiting the pharmacy first anyway. All the exhibits have been carefully recreated exactly as they would have been during the Victorian period, with many buildings having been saved from various parts of the country and lovingly rebuilt in the museum grounds (a great example of which is the old school house next to the foundry). The museum staff man all the shops in traditional Victorian garb and provide you, not only with a detailed history of each exhibit/display, but also with a worked example (the candlemakers is a very good example of this, and you can even buy the traditional candles afterwards). A visit to the bakery is a must (just follow your nose and you can't miss it). The smell is amazing when you walk in and everything for sale is freshly made; I can certainly recommend the Flap Jacks. As you walk around the site and visit all the old shops and workplaces, the staff do a very good job of trying to bring everything back to life as authentically as possible, from feeding livestock in the back gardens of their cottages/workplaces, providing a description of Victorian life or even allowing you to experience an element of Victorian life yourself by travelling on the mine railway and mine experience, travelling up the Victorian inclined lift (even if the cab is now a modern version) or resting your feet and letting the horse take the strain as you ride around the site on the back of an old dray (beer cart). On your way out of the town, if you need to whet your whistle, the last must stop place is the Pub, for a nice pint in an authentic setting. There are plenty of food and drink outlets throughout the site to allow you to keep your energy up for a really enjoyable day out (much better when the sun is shining). The museum is not a particularly cheap experience costing £14.95/adult and £9.95/child, however you can buy a 12 month passport for £22.50/adult & £14.75/child which allows you to visit all 10 museums in the local area as many times as you like in a 12 month period. If you are in the area for any period of time, or intend coming back to see other attractions, then this is definitely the most cost effective way of visiting everywhere.

Experience the Victorian way of life, exchange your money for old coins in the bank and then spend…read morethem in the shops run by people dressed in the attire of the day. I recommend the bakery and the sweetshop!

This is a fantastic place to visit…read more Its a working museum with people dressed in traditional clothing and set in a life style victorian village. There is a bank where you can exchange money for 'old' money to spend in the various shops etc. There is a chemist, schoolhouse and you can attend a lesson, a farm area, a blacksmith, ironmonger, printers, butcher, baker and yes a candlestick maker! You can buy pies and pasties etc and bread and cakes all freshly baked that day on the premises. There is an old fashioned sweetshop with all your old favourites and a village pub with a piano for a great sing a long. Our daughter loves it when the village bobby comes in to do a spot of singing. Its a really great fun day out and one we have done many times and never tire of. I asked our daughter if she had the choice of Alton Towers or Victorian Village which she would choseVictorian Village won hands down. They are investing more into the village over the last year and from Spring it will have even more, we will be back in Spring to see, i believe they are installing a narrowgauge mining train to tie in with the mine and many other things. You can buy day tickets or annual passes which represent great value as you can not only go as often as you wnat over a year they also include entrance to all the other Ironbridge Gorge Museums. There are loads more things i havent emntioned, wouldnt want to ruin your surprises! - You will love this place i'm sure.

An amazing place where a real victorian atmosphere is set, I have had many amazing days out here…read morebecause it has so much to offer. Prices aren't that bad either.

Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron is part of the Ironbridge Gorge musuems, focusing on the iron works &…read moresimilar that the area is reknowned for. The museum is well laid out & does provide some interesting insights into the history of the previously industrial area, but isn't overly exciting & certainly not one to go round with young children, most of whom may fail to see the attraction in ironwork &/or the many uses of iron! The museum does have a nice little café (very useful as it's next to Enginuity who don't have their own eatery), which does serve a good range of hot & cold drinks & snacks, although they are somewhat overpriced.