News

• Blists Hill Victorian Town
• Fundraising

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.

• Collections
• Jackfield Tile Museum

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.

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.

• Conservation
• Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

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.

• Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

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.