Stourbridge Glass Museum
BEST FOR
Ages 4-17
ENTRY
from £5
SETTING
Indoors
WHERE
Stourbridge
What it’s like
Watch live glass making demonstrations, then let the kids design their own cameo glass on the digital screens.
The big draw here is the live glass making, hot glass being shaped in front of you, plus cameo glass engraving and hand-painted enamelling demonstrations that normally run Wednesday to Saturday. There's also a bank of digital screens where kids can design their own cameo glass pattern, which is the sort of thing that eats twenty minutes without anyone noticing.
There's a proper children's space too, with games, a library, activity sheets and trails, so it's not just a glass case museum where you're telling a seven-year-old not to touch anything. It suits kids from about four up to their mid-teens, with the trails and craft activities doing a lot of the work for the younger end and the live demos holding the older ones' attention.
Entry is £5 for a child, £10 for an adult, or £25 for a family ticket covering two adults and up to three kids. That's a fair asking price for a small independent museum, and they're upfront that it goes straight towards the £1,500 a week it costs to keep the place running without any government funding. Opening hours are the same block, 10:30am to 4:30pm, whichever day you go, though winter trims it down to Thursday to Saturday only.
One thing to note if you're planning a visit around September: the glass studio itself closes for maintenance from the 4th to the 23rd, though the museum and exhibitions carry on as normal. There's on-site parking including accessible and EV bays, and well behaved dogs on leads are welcome if you're bringing one along.
Facilities
Need to know
- Best for
- 4 to 17, with younger ones drawn to the trails and games
- Parking
- On-site parking available. Accessible parking available
- Dogs
- Well behaved dogs on leads welcome
- Getting there by bus or train
- Stourbridge Town and Wolverhampton rail stations
- Winter opening (Nov-March) drops to Thursday to Saturday only, so check the season before you plan a weekday trip
- The glass studio itself is shut for maintenance 4-23 September, though the museum stays open
- Live engraving and enamelling demos are usually Wednesday to Saturday, not every day
- Reachable by train via Stourbridge Town, or bus routes 16 and 17 from Stourbridge Interchange
Plan your visit
How much does it cost?
£10 for an adult, £5 for a child aged 4 to 17, or £25 for a family ticket covering two adults and up to three kids.
What age is it suitable for?
It's aimed at ages 4 to 17, with a children's space of games and trails for the younger ones and the live glass demonstrations holding older kids' interest.
Do we need to book ahead?
There's no booking link listed, so you can turn up during opening hours.
What are the opening hours?
10:30am to 4:30pm year round. In winter (November to March) it's open Thursday to Saturday only; the rest of the year it's open more days.
Will there be live glass making when we visit?
The cameo glass engraving and hand-painted enamelling demonstrations normally run Wednesday to Saturday. The glass studio is closed for maintenance from 4 to 23 September, though the rest of the museum stays open.
Is there parking?
Yes, there's on-site parking with accessible and EV bays, and coach parking by request for groups.
Can we bring the dog?
Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome.
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