On the 2nd March 2026 the ten Ironbridge industrial musuems, 400,000 archives & collections, and 35 monuments and listed buildings will transfer to the ownership of the National Trust. These sites have been run by the Ironbridge Gorge Musuem Trust since 1967 and tell the story of the birth and development of global industrialisation.
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