The museum at the heart of Smethwick

Victoria Park Lodge, High Street, Smethwick, West Midlands B66 3NJ (0121 555 7278)
(Centre open: Wednesday to Friday 11:00 - 3:00; Saturday 11:00 - 12:30. Admission Free)

Smethwick Heritage Centre 2012 The Centre re-opens on 7th March for the 2012 season. Coffee and biscuits are served from half past ten in the morning! The first of the roadshows for this year has been confirmed and will be at the Dorothy Parkes Centre on Saturday 17th March from 10:30 - 4.  The themes for the show are yet to be decided but we are looking at a major company and some smaller displays. This year sees the Queen's diamond jubilee and the olympics so we will be featuring these at some point on our travels and in the centre displays. Mary Bodfish has informed us her talk at the Old Church will be on "The Moilliets of Smethwick grove". This will be at the roadshow on 17th March.	Coffee morning to start our 2012 opening hours on  7th March
2012 subscriptions:  Please remember that the Heritage Centre Trust and all its work depends on subscriptions and that the 2012 subscriptions are now overdue.  If you have already paid - many thanks.  If you can't remember whether you have paid take a look at the magazine mailing envelope. It will show your membership number prefixed with a 12/ (if you paid by mid-December 2011 which is when the mailing envelopes were printed).  If you sent in your subscription after that it will only have just been processed and won't appear on the envelopes until the March mailing.
Pictures from the 2012 Roadshows - see the Roadshows link
Working with Smethwick Schools: Our Education team continues to work with schools in Smethwick.  We are visiting local schools to let them know about Smethwick during the Second World War.	Facebook:     Join Smethwick Heritage Centre on Facebook. Start, or add, to a discussion, browse or upload your own pictures. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Smethwick-Heritage-Centre/105530629480973
About the Trust... The Trust has its own Heritage Centre, the former Lodge situated in Victoria Park, where numerous pieces of memorabilia are housed and displayed. This gives us the chance to see and remember Smethwick as it once was and generate a renewed interest in seeing the town not just as part of Sandwell, nor part of the Black Country or Birmingham ,but standing alone and looking forward to a better future stemming from a rich tapestry of history. We  welcome donations for the collection.  For visiting times and details of how to get here go to the "About The Centre" page.	Group visits If you belong to or know of any organisation that might be interested in a Group Visit to the Centre, please suggest they contact us, or better still send us a name and address so that we can forward details.  On display There are items on display from many of the famous old Smethwick companies including Ruskin Pottery, Chance