PEN MUSEUM

Pen museum is a fabulous destination in Birmingham to reveal the secrets of steel pen trading. It is the only Museum showing the spectacles of the old steel pens. Furthermore, you will get to know all the details regarding the position of Birmingham during those times. Also, learn what the methods for dealing with such pens were. The manufacturing history is also included in the tour of the Museum.

The informative tour of the Pen Museum of Birmingham will ensure a delightful day. Moreover, you will get to know the manufacturing processes and the efforts the labour used to give in the pen factory. This building belongs to the Grade II list. April of 2001 marks the beginning of the operations of this building. Furthermore, the Philip Poole Room gallery became a part of this Museum in 2002. You can now enjoy some moments in the well-decorated shop area and exhibition place, which opened in 2016.

Before the rule of the fountain pens and the modern ball pens, Birmingham was famous for dealing with steel pens. Several volunteers are now present on the Museum premises to give a knowledgeable tour of the whole place. You can thus come across various antiquities and innovative displays that played a significant part in the steel pen trade. The students of Geneology can indulge in detailed research by getting multiple information about the lifestyle, families and communities, and history of the pens prevalent in those old times.

Highlights

• A fascinating place to understand the concept of the steel pen trade in Birmingham.
• Birmingham Pen Trade Association established this entity as a charitable organisation in 2018.
• The visit to all the Birmingham tourist places remains incomplete if you do not take a try to this fabulous Museum.
• The centre of the Museum is Argent Centre's Jewellery Quarter.
• The Pen Museum will tell you the story of the distribution of the steel pens in different places of Birmingham and outside through the hands of 100 efficient companies.
• Birmingham specially crafted pens used to have steel nibs traded with multiple parts of the world.