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TENDER FOR NEW CAR PARK

Our Tender is attached for work to be undertaken to the car park at Stourbridge Glass Museum.  If you are interested in quoting for this work please send details to bgf@britishglassfoundation.org.uk the closing date is 6 September 2024. Many thanks. Tender Car Park

STOURBRIDGE GLASS MUSEUM HOW IT CAME INTO BEING

A brand new book by Graham Fisher MBE is now available to purchase in the museum at £10 per copy with all proceeds going to the charity. Stourbridge Glass Museum; how it came into being by Graham Fisher (with a Foreword by Lynn Boleyn MBE) is a comprehensive and absorbing account of how Stourbridge Glass […]

LANDSCAPING

Landscaping work at the entrance to the museum started on 8 February and was completed on 25 May 2023 with a spectacular lighting structure created and installed by Simworx of Kingswinford.  The landscaping work was undertken by Jack Moody Landscaping & Civil Enginnering Limited of Wolverhampton and the project was funded by FCC Communities Foundation […]

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

We join people around the world in mourning the death of Her Majesty The Queen and in recognising a lifetime of dedicated service to the nation. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to The Royal Family.

PART TIME LEARNING & PUBLIC PROGRAMMES OFFICER

Part Time Learning & Public Programmes Officer – Stourbridge Glass Museum Salary £13,500 – 2 year fixed term contract with the possibility of extension 21 hours per week on a flexible basis to include weekend and evening duties   A unique opportunity for a dynamic Learning & Public Programmes Officer at the brand new Stourbridge […]

VACANCY – PART TIME VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR

PART TIME VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR Salary £13,500 – 2 year fixed term contract with the possibility of extension 21 hours per week on a flexible basis to include weekend and evening duties An unique opportunity for a dynamic Volunteer Co-Ordinator at the brand new Stourbridge Glass Museum, which opened in April 2022, providing an exciting new […]

Royal Geographical Society Discovering Britain

Heart of Glass article by Rory Walsh here: Royal Geographical Society – Discovering Britain June22 – Stourbridge_    

MUSEUM MANAGER – SALARY £35,000 p.a.

MUSEUM MANAGER – SALARY £35,000 p.a. A unique opportunity for a dynamic cultural leader to become the Manager of the brand new Stourbridge Glass Museum which opened on 9 April 2022 providing an exciting new home for the internationally significant Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council glass collection in an iconic recently restored historic building set in […]

WE DID IT!

The successful completion of any task of significance is inevitably accompanied by various emotions ranging from exhilaration to relief. Thus on the evening of Thursday 7th April 2022, when around 150 of the Great and the Good converged on Wordsley for the VIP opening of the new Stourbridge Glass Museum, the heady mix of elation, […]

STOURBRIDGE GLASS MUSEUM – OPENING 9 APRIL 2022

WE DID IT! OPENING TO THE PUBLIC: Saturday 9th April 2022 at 10.00 a.m. With thanks to our supporters, volunteers, funders, and enthusiasts from the glass world and beyond in helping create “The People’s Museum”.