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Museum of Jewellery Quarter

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter has been closed since 2020 and has undergone essential maintenance. We're a work in progress but the Smith & Pepper workshop is now open.

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Plan your visit

Doorway entrance to the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

How to get here

Desk with notebooks and a dial telephone in front of a window etched with a sign for 'Smith and Pepper'

About

When the proprietors of the Smith & Pepper jewellery manufacturing firm retired in 1981 they simply ceased trading and locked the door, unaware they would be leaving a time capsule for future generations.

Today the factory is a remarkable museum, which tells the story of the Jewellery Quarter and Birmingham’s renowned jewellery and metalworking heritage.

More info

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter opening times

Open Thursday to Saturday, 10.30am - 4pm. 

Entry is by guided tour only.

  • Tours at 10.45am, 11.15am, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.45pm, 2.15pm, 2.45pm, 3.15pm and last approximately 45 minutes.
  • Admission charges apply. 

Pre-booking advised.

Closed: 25 - 26 December and 1 January.

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