The interim boss in charge of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust says the new plan to protect the sites was "vital" after visitor numbers fell. On Thursday it was announced the National Trust would be ...

The National Trust is receiving a £9 million Government grant to take on the care of the museums and buildings that mark the “birthplace of the industrial revolution”. The grant will allow the trust ...

The National Trust is to take over the running of museums in the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, with the help of a £9m government grant. It will replace Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust, which ...

Volunteers at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Telford have restored a full-scale working replica of the world's first steam ...

His innovations, and those of the "iron masters" who followed him ... Industrial Revolution and since 1967 the area's heritage has been overseen by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. But Ms Davis said ...

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