CURRENT EXHIBITION
THE BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER
7 APRIL 2001 TO 1 JULY 2001
English Heritage have recently surveyed this fascinating and historic
industrial area,
where traditional trades such as jewellery and silverware manufacture are
still
carried out in the 19th and early 20th-century workshops, often using
historic tools and machinery.
The exhibition lustrates the special character of the Jewellery Quarter.
Visit The Gallery at the National Monuments Record Centre
Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 5pm
LECTURE
MADE IN BIRMINGHAM: THE JEWELLERY QUARTER
By Barry Jones Architectural Investigator, English Heritage
To be held at the lecture hall, STEAM.
Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon.
16 May 2001 at 7pm
Tickets priced 2.50 available from The Gallery NMRC
For further details contact
The Gallery
National Monuments Record Centre
Kemble Drive
Swindon
SN2 2GZ
01793 414707
E-mail
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