Easter events at Ironbridge Gorge Museums

Join The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust an Easter filled with fantastic family activities and trails, an amazing event celebrating Blists Hill Victorian Town's 50th birthday and some fascinating museums to explore.

Blists Hill Celebration Day - 1 April 2023
Head to Blists Hill Victorian Town to celebrate Blists Hill's half-century with a day of traditional entertainment, historical talks and the chance to get hands-on and try the trades that made Blists Hill what it is today, including brickmaking, printing and blacksmithing.

Enjoy the atmosphere of the traditional mop fair, historically an annual event where workers like farm labourers, servants and other tradespeople would be matched with employers. 

With the Town's iconic Victorian streets dressed for the occasion, see iron casting in the Foundry, hear more about the town’s humble beginnings and take part in a parade.  

 

Family Trails & Hands-on Activities Blists Hill Victorian Town, 2-16 April 2023

Follow the fun trail around the Town, looking for your favourite chocolate bars in traditional advertisements. There's a chocolate treat at the end! Afterwards, you can print your own personalised chocolate bar wrapper on a printing press to take home. 

Take to the woodland and hunt for our hidden wooden Easter eggs, stamping off your 'Woodland Eggsplorer' card as you go. These activities are included in the admission charge. Pick up a free voucher and enjoy a free activity during your visit, maybe a trip on the horsebus, a fairground ride or a guided tour.

Explore the Town's streets, shops and cottages and chat to the friendly Victorians about life more than 100 years ago. See traditional crafts in action, treat yourself to a bag of old-fashioned sweets and let off steam at the outdoor adventure playground. 

 

Flying Eggs - Enginuity, Coalbrookdale, 2-16 April 2023
Here's a challenge for the whole family to work together on. Can you design and make something to catch a chocolate egg and stop it from breaking? Attach your egg to a parachute, drop it from a height... will it land in one piece? 
£2 per person, free with a PASS PLUS. Daily 11am-4pm.



 

Clay Workshops Coalport China Museum, 1-15 April 2023
Get creative with air-dry clay this Easter at Coalport China Museum and make your own Easter-themed sculpture.
£2 per person, free with a PASS PLUS. Daily 11am-3pm.

If you're visiting Jackfield Tile Museum over the school holidays come and have a go at our ever-popular tile decorating workshops. Tubeline an Easter-inspired design on to a tile on 4-6 or 11-14 April. From £10.75 per tile, plus admission.

 

Explore the hidden gems
The Easter Bank Holiday weekend is a perfect opportunity to learn more about the intriguing Tar Tunnel on a guided tour, step inside the former homes of the Darby family and enter a real-life time capsule at Broseley Pipeworks. These three museums will be open, for a limited time, from 7-10 April.
(These sites will reopen for the summer season in July.)

 

Food & Drink at the Museums
Take a break during your visit to the museums and enjoy our freshly prepared food, with many locally sourced ingredients. The Furnace Kitchen, Coalbrookdale and Forest Glen Refreshment Pavilion, Blists Hill Victorian Town are open daily.

An admission ticket is required to take part in all activities and events.