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Great News For The Jewellery Quarter

We were pleased to hear about this well justified award. My wife's grandfather was a 'Seal Stone Engraver' on Vyse Street in the late 1800's and retired in the mid 1930's. He learnt this very skilled trade during his 7 year apprentice and then opened his own business after returning from servicing in the First World War in Ypres, Belgium and being wounded in his shoulder from schrapnel. All her family are proud that the Quarter have received this award well deserved
 
I love visiting the Jewellery Quarter but for one reason or another I’ve never been to the museum. It’s been closed for some time due to maintenance issues.
 
A Sparks said:
The Museum will be open for the Jewellery Quarter Festival...

The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter will be opening its doors to the public for The Jewellery Quarter Festival on Saturday 26 July 2025.
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter to open its doors for The Jewellery Quarter Festival 2025 | Birmingham Museums

Visitors will have access to historic Smith & Pepper factory and Story of the Jewellery Quarter display.The museum has been closed since 2020 for essen
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
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That is great news!
Why do these museums and some libraries keep closing for extended periods? It would seem that in a museum for example you would close off part of it and do the renovations and complete progressively. Or am I missing something?
 
A Sparks said:
The Museum will be open for the Jewellery Quarter Festival...

The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter will be opening its doors to the public for The Jewellery Quarter Festival on Saturday 26 July 2025.
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter to open its doors for The Jewellery Quarter Festival 2025 | Birmingham Museums

Visitors will have access to historic Smith & Pepper factory and Story of the Jewellery Quarter display.The museum has been closed since 2020 for essen
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
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That’s a pity, I’m in Brum tomorrow but not next week. Hopefully it’ll be an ongoing thing…..
 
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