Best places: Heritage museums in Birmingham, United Kingdom

Antiques and botanical gardens with 6,000 plants in Edwardian industrialist's grand country house.

Restored Tudor mansion with 16th-century furniture and textile collections plus garden topiary.

👍👍 Had a great time at the light railway. The narrow gauge train runs around a short loop and then they move the train back to the front of the train using a turn table. This was great to see and then also enjoyed them backing up the train ready for the next run.

Pleasure rides on heritage steam & diesel locomotives, plus a model railway & train-driving courses.

15th-century battle site museum with hands-on gallery, kids activities and guided battlefield walks.

Preserved railway line running steam and diesel train trips from its Victorian station headquarters.

Museum with a collection of old cars, buses & other vehicles, plus transportation memorabilia.

Exhibition and demonstrations of pen-making, writing equipment, accessories and calligraphy.

Free entry to displays on coal mining and the WWII role of this extensive area of forest and heath.

Museum telling the story of Worcester porcelain, plus galleries of Georgian and Victorian ceramics.

👍👍 Very amazing historical treasure. The guides Sarah and Jane made it come to life with their knowledge and informative talk. Highly recommended this property it's fantastic.

👍👍 Visited two days after it formally opened. I had read something in the media about it opening to the public but initially thought it was a building in the city centre. So pleased to have visited, it was part of Coventry's heritage I knew nothing about. It has a long History dating back to the 11C. I...

👍👍 Lovely experience even in a foot of snow. Santa and the elves were great and even provided sherry and pressies. A Christmas stream train treat for all

😐 Very friendly staff! £5 for an adult. Rather a sparse, museum given the presumed backing of the Ashmolean. Would have liked to see eg room recreations (limited space though), or more local ethnic stuff (not just postcards), or simply more exhibits. It's a tudor house but the most isn't made of it. T...

👍👍 A small exhibition about the short lived craftsmanship school in Chippin Campden and other crafts people who were based in this town.

👍👍 A very interesting and informative place, well worth a visit. Staff are very helpful and seem genuinely interested in the history of the local area. To be honest I only visited because of the appearance of the building itself. Which can only be seen in the distance of one photo. The photographs were...