Museums

The Black Country Living Museum is described as a ‘living museum’ what is meant by this? 2 marks
It is a facility where the past is re- enacted partly by real people acting out roles such as school teacher, shop keeper, printer, domestic work in houses

Describe its location and purpose 6 marks

Black Country Living Museum

Location: Dudley West Midlands, 3 miles from jct 2 of M5 6 miles from Jct 10 of M6

Purpose: It is an industrial heritage museum which conserves old buildings and artefacts of everyday life, displaying them so that visitors can see what life used to be like in the past. It teaches children about ways of life after the industrial revolution – in the home, in shops, at school, at the fairground, at work (metal work, sweet making, glass cutting), along the canals and down the mines

Choose two of the products and services provided by the Black Country Living Museum and explain how they might meet the needs of a retired grand parent and their 9 year old grandchild who are spending a day at the museum 4 marks

Underground coal mine tour because the grandparent could show the child how people worked in their day
School room experience because the grandparent could compare some of the changes in education between their experience and that of the child

Experience tram ride and compare modern transport with that of industrial Britain