Black Country Living Museum on a boat operated by the Dudley Canal Trust. The museum's boat display consists of boats that it owns, are on loan or have mooring agreements. The museum owns: Other boats at the museum: The size of the museum site provides the opportunity to demonstrate many of the road transport exhibits which were both used and made in the Black Country. The Black Country Living Museum operates a trolleybus service on certain days, unlike the tram which is usually operated seven days a week. The route is one of the few double deck trolley bus services left in the world,
The Old Town with museum staff working in the roles of town figures i.e. merchant, blacksmith etc. adding to the illusion of a "living" town. In 1914 the Old Town was first opened to the public under the name "The Old Mayor's House". Apart from the renaissance-styled Mayor's House, there were a small garden pavilion and another large renaissance-styled house, all originally from the city of Aarhus. Over the course of the following half century the museum was slowly expanded as more buildings and collections from several parts of the country were donated or acquired. The historic Mayor's House of Aarhus was no