[oniony]

The Avoncroft museum of buildings in Bromsgrove, near Birmingham, UK, is worth a visit. They have a bunch of old telephone boxes all working and hooked up to an exchange they have on site. I spent like an hour talking to the guy in there about it all, pretty fascinating.

https://avoncroft.org.uk/avoncrofts-work/special-collections

[ehecatl42]

If you find yourself in that part of the world, there's also a carpet museum in Kidderminster, and the Black Country Museum in Dudley. A little bit further north and then there are a slew of industrial museums in Ironbridge.

[kjellsbells]

A very worthwhile series on the UK's engineering history is the Geek's Guide to Britain, from the Register. Lots of little museums and stories about the Industrial Revolution and beyond:

https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/geeks_guide/

[Neil44]

I was going to post this, I had a fab time in that little room with all the click-clacking gear.