Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter is a museum at 75–79 Vyse Street in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It is one of the nine museums run by the Birmingham Museums Trust, the largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom.Photo: Cams0ft, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: former jewellery factory, preserved as a museum of jewellery making
- Address: 70-80 Vyse Street, Birmingham, B18 6HA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jewellery Quarter station and Key Hill Cemetery.
Jewellery Quarter station
Railway station
Photo: Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jewellery Quarter station is a combined railway station and tram stop, situated in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains, Chiltern Railways, and West Midlands Metro. Jewellery Quarter station is situated 500 feet southwest of Museum of the Jewellery Quarter.
Key Hill Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Robin Stott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Key Hill Cemetery, originally called Birmingham General Cemetery, is a cemetery in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It opened in 1836 as a nondenominational cemetery, and is the oldest cemetery, not being in a churchyard, in Birmingham. Key Hill Cemetery is situated 580 feet west of Museum of the Jewellery Quarter.
Blue Orange Theatre
Theater building
The Blue Orange Theatre is an independent theatre located in the Jewellery Quarter in the centre of Birmingham, England. It was founded by the local producer and director Mark Webster and opened in April 2011, aiming to showcase new drama and writing from the city. Blue Orange Theatre is situated 970 feet southeast of Museum of the Jewellery Quarter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewellery Quarter and Gun Quarter.
Jewellery Quarter
Suburb
Photo: Brian Clift, CC BY 2.0.
The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, England, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 in a 1.07-square-kilometre area.
Gun Quarter
Locality
The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of Birmingham, England, which was for many years a centre of the world's gun-manufacturing industry, specialising in the production of military firearms and sporting guns.
Newtown
Neighborhood
Newtown, also referred to as Aston New Town, is an inner city area to the north of Birmingham city centre, England and an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council.
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
- Categories: independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.49057° or 52° 29′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.91202° or 1° 54′ 43″ westOpen location code
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6941092
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