Free Ironbridge Museum visits

17 July 2020

Police officers will be able to visit the Ironbridge Gorge Museums free of charge every afternoon next week.

The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is offering free entry to its newly re-opened sites to all emergency service workers, NHS staff and workers from the care sector for either its 3pm or 4pm entry times.

And each worker will be able to bring up to three guests from their household.

Trust chief executive Nick Ralls said: “There is no way that the country can ever properly say thank you to all those who carried on working on our behalf during the pandemic, often placing themselves in direct contact with the virus to try to keep us all safe.

“But we thought we could show our appreciation by inviting these heroes to come and spend some time with us for free and catch up on some much needed family time. They don’t need to be from Telford or Shropshire – we just want to say thank you to as many as possible.”

The offer runs from 22 to 26 July and to gain entry all you have to do is take along a work ID card. While the offer only applies to the 3pm and 4pm entry times, the attraction is open until 7pm.

The trust has reopened Blists Hill Victorian Town, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron and The Iron Bridge Tollhouse while the Museum of The Gorge, which suffered damage during the floods in February, has also opened as a free entry visitor centre.

A registered heritage conservation and education charity which cares for 36 listed buildings in the Gorge, the trust has been awarded Good To Go status by England’s national tourism body for its work in meeting all the Government’s safety guidelines.

The museum, which is in a World Heritage Site and is Shropshire’s most important visitor attraction, was closed for three months during the national lockdown.

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