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Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter: A Treasure Trove of Artistry! 🏛️🎨
Sophia MorganSophia Morgan
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Absolutely fantastic. The guides are wonderful and really bring the place alive with their story telling, and the museum itself a fascinating place to step into; like it's been frozen in time. If you're visiting Birmingham (or you live here and have never visited) this is an absolute must-see attraction. Book a tour around the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter and experience what it was like to work in the Smith and Pepper jewellery factory in 1899. The building remains exactly as it did since the day the factory closed for good, the workers tools left sprawled on the work benches with jewellery littering the shelves. The museum tells the story of Birmingham's famous Jewellery Quarter, including a demonstration of jewellery making techniques, and a tour around the actual factory itself.
Sophie DaviesSophie Davies
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The museum of the Jewellery Quarter was a pleasant surprise, a real gem! The tour guide gently talked us through the history of the company on which the museum is established today (Smith and Pepper, a jewellery manufacturing firm which traded between 1899 and 1981). The tour visit tells the daily life of the workers of companies like S&P, mixed with information on society and customs at the time, and - of course - many details about the specific task of the jewellers who worked there. The tour guide even shared some jewellery techniques while sitting at the same table where the company employees did it back in their time!. Beautiful and dedicated tour, which can be continued in a self-guided manner in the various exhibition rooms available within the same building.
Romina DelucchiRomina Delucchi
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I did a short day of learning basic skills on ring making. £60 for all the training, everything is supplied copper, silver etc. Coffe n biscuits! In the morning you learn to make a template using copper. After a yummy lunch purchased from the Cafe(or bring your own ) we then moved onto working with silver. The lady working with us was calm and funny helping sort out our mistakes! Such a fun experience would recommend it to everyone. No skills required all will be shown n taught in simple step by step tasks. Here is my finished silver spinning ring.
gilly chittendengilly chittenden
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This is a wonderful little museum, very family friendly and with lots of interest! Plenty to see and enjoy in the museum, but the tour is extra special! Getting to see the inner workings of jewellery making in the 50s and 60s was a real eye opener, and our wonderful tour guide gave lots of additional interesting tidbits and demonstrations. A nice range of gifts too, from 25p for a little cut out of a dog (which you see the guide do!) to high end jewelry from a number of designers. Highly recommended for a morning or afternoon in Birmingham
Kate MakepeaceKate Makepeace
10
A great little museum. William the tour guide was excellent - very entertaining and interesting. An hour well spent. Lovely and warm as well, which is what you want in February. It was almost eerie to see the papers and machines how the last workers left them in the 80s. It really brought the era to life for me. Good selection of coasters in the gift shop.
Helen KnottHelen Knott
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75-80 Vyse St, Birmingham B18 6HA, United Kingdom
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+44 121 348 8000
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birminghammuseums.org.uk
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The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter is a museum at 75-79 Vyse Street in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It is one of the nine museums run by the Birmingham Museums Trust, the largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom.
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