The Pen Room Birmingham

You get to make various items.

The pen room birmingham.

The museum is run by the birmingham pen trade heritage association which was established in 1996 as a registered charity and became a charitable incorporated organisation in 2018 the museum is located in birmingham s jewellery quarter at the argent centre. If you have a suggestion that may improve our site s accessibility please contact us. Post office po warstone lane mspo hockley by bank of ireland. Turned it s first house machined fountain pen in 2018.

Birmingham snow hill 0 50 miles birmingham new street 0 71 miles birmingham moor street 0 89 miles five ways 0 93 miles atm cash points near. The museum is located in birmingham s jewellery quarter at the argent centre the argent centre itself used to house a pen factory and is a grade ii listed building. It s staffed by lovely people some who worked here before it was a museum. These cash machines are near to pen room attraction.

Click here for more about accessibility. The new exhibition and shop area with new entrance to the museum opened in november 2016. It s located in a former pen factory built in 1863 where visitors experience writing with feather quills reeds and steel nibs and can also make their own nib using traditional. Tucked away in birmingham s jewellery quarter is another little gem that may have passed you by.

The pen room on frederick street is a living museum set in a victorian pen factory dedicated to. The argent centre itself used to house a pen factory and is a grade ii listed building. He ll also tell you what a pen is. The pen museum focuses on the important legacy of birmingham s 19 th century pen trade and its significant contribution to improving literacy throughout the world.

At one time 75 of the world s pen s were made in birmingham if you want to know how the pen stopped the spread of disease an older gentleman who learned to write with chalk on a slate will tell you. The mass production of affordable pens helped improve literacy worldwide and wherever a pen was used it had most likely been manufactured in birmingham. 1 free to use and 0 22 miles away. Birmingham pen company is committed to compliance with the americans with disabilities act facilitating accessibility for all of our valued users.

The museum was opened in april 2001 and in june 2002 the adjoining philp poole room gallery opened.