We’d been meaning to visit AMRTM for some time now, and a recent announcement on twatter that they’re short on funds due to cuts (cuts that have also seen Birmingham City Council start to charge for it’s previously free museums) reminded us, plus we were still feeling a bit tired from working over Easter, so a trip out to Witton/Aston in the car for a change seemed like a good idea.

We struck lucky: as well as the museum (in a wonderful old tram shed, opposite the lovely building of the Aston Hotel, and down the road from The Holte), old buses were running between there and the city centre, via the Birmingham Museums Collection Centre in Nechells, so we got a look at the old buses (including Walsall’s last trolleybus), a ride on two of them, and a look around all the usually unexhibited stuff from the museums.

Both places are really worth a visit: admission at AMRTM is a mere £2 (though I’s encourage anyone to make a donation above that), and the Collection Centre is free- though you need to book.

There’s a few pics in the Gallery.