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IGMT launches appeal for sponsors to fund mobility scooters at Blists Hill Victorian Town
5th Mar 2025
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is appealing for local businesses to support the charity by sponsoring a mobility scooter for use by visitors at Blists Hill Victorian Town.
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Teenagers take over historic museum with contemporary works
12th Feb 2025
From Wednesday 12 February to Sunday 2 March 2025, works by second-year Art and Design students from Shrewsbury College will go on display in a creative takeover at Jackfield Tile Museum.
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Statement concerning closure of Broseley Pipeworks in 2025
7th Feb 2025
We understand the disappointment of people that Broseley Pipeworks will not open in 2025.
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![A brown brick building with lots of windows and a clocktower is visible in the distance across a car park and some picnic benches. The corner of another building is visible in the foreground.]()
Conservation work in Coalbrookdale marks milestone in £5.5 million project
20th Jan 2025
In January 2025, the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is beginning conservation work on three of its buildings in Coalbrookdale in the next phase of the Conserving the Historic Estate project, funded by £5.5 million from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
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IGMT museum closures in 2025
6th Jan 2025
The Darby Houses, Broseley Pipeworks and the Tar Tunnel, three of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust’s ten museums, will not open in 2025.
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