Museum of the Jewellery Quarter — Attraction in Birmingham

What a memorable experience! This is the best guided tour I’ve ever had. I was actually a little late and the tour had already started. Our guide William welcomed me to join the group and quickly told me the previous story so that I could catch up. He didn’t have to do this for me but he went the extra mile, which I really appreciated. As the tour continued, I discovered the amazing facts of this former jewellery workshop some 100 years ago. The distinctive part of the tour was live demos. The guide operated some old machines to show the craftsmanship of the old times. For example, he stamped and cut a piece of metal to show how a brooch was made in old fashioned way. You can really learn a lot and have fun through the tour. William’s outstanding story telling also made the experience...

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...

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...