A Good Day Out In Birmingham
A good day out in Birmigham
You are really spoiled for choice for museums in Birmingham. Take a look at these.
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, 75-80 Vyse Street, Hockley, Birmingham B18 6HA, England
Based in the iconic, Birmingham Jewellery Quarter. You get to tour an original jewellery factory. You will be amazed by the skill levels that had Birmingham at the forefront of jewellery production for well over two hundred years. These skills have to be seen to be beleived.
The Pen Museum
The Argent Centre 60 Frederick Street, Hockley, Birmingham B1 3HS
Who would think that pens could be so interesting? There’s over five thousand exhibits on display here. Learn all about pen making and calligraphy. At one time, over three quarters of the words written in the whole world were written by pens made in Birmingham! That is a stunning statistic.
The Think Tank Science Museum
Curzon Street, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG
An amazing collection of exhibits and interactive displays show off Birmingham’s contribution to science. You’ll be astounded at the things in here. Robots, Airplanes, Steam engines and trains. There’s a science garden with all sorts of different interesting things to play on. The kids will love it.
Vintage Trains.
670 Warwick Road, Tyseley, Birmingham B11 2HL
This used to be the Birmingham Railway museum, situated at the Tysely Locomotive Works. There’s a fantastic collection of trains including a GWR Castle Class loco, Jubilee Class locomotive and three pannier tank locos from GWR (named pannier because the tank straddled the engine like panniers on a bike). The centre runs steam powered trips throughout the year. For these it uses both it’s own trains and other guest ones brought in specially.