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Gaslight Gothic
At Walsall Museum
Every day except Mon, Sun
An exhibition with a gothic twist, exploring the darker side of the Museum's collection, with costume and fascinating and curious artefacts. Some were given to the Museum, some were bequeathed in Wills, whilst others were bought or simply “found”.
On display you will see mourning capes, tombstone stencils and taxidermy specimens, along with some rather brutal beauty implements and a curious snuff box. Objects are loosely grouped around the themes of death, mourning, the rise of machines, crude medical practices, everyday dress and vanity. Visitors will also be able to look for the gothic G symbol dotted around the local history gallery, where they will be able to find even more curious exhibits which the Museum keeps on permanent display.
Gaslight Gothic is family friendly and there are a number of activities specifically designed to help families and children enjoy their visit. Families can use our photographic studio to dress in costume inspired by steampunk fashions and photograph themselves, and children and adults alike will enjoy using our trail to make their own gothic links between the artefacts displayed within our local history gallery or to decide for themselves which items they think are weird, wonderful or scary.
Gaslight Gothic can be seen throughout Walsall Museum's Changing Face of Walsall gallery on the first floor of the Central
