Exhibitions
Your Heritage. Your Stories. Your City.
#BHeritageWeek
Virtual Events
Your Heritage. Your Stories. Your City.
#BHeritageWeek
Walks
Your Heritage. Your Stories. Your City.
#BHeritageWeek
Workshops
Your Heritage. Your Stories. Your City.
#BHeritageWeek
For Family
Your Heritage. Your Stories. Your City.
#BHeritageWeek
Tours
Your Heritage. Your Stories. Your City.
#BHeritageWeek
Unique Events
Your Heritage. Your Stories. Your City.
#BHeritageWeek
12–22 Sept 2019
Birmingham Heritage Week: Eleven days of varied and fascinating events, from exhibitions and walks to open days and workshops. Take this opportunity to discover parts of the city you have never seen before, or to rediscover popular places and see them from a new perspective.
Browse over 200 events and start planning your diary.
#BHeritageWeek
Below are just a few examples of events happening across Birmingham Heritage Week
Step inside 1885 Birmingham Museum
Step inside Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery as a Virtual Visitor during Birmingham Heritage Week.
The Birmingham Oratory
20-Sept 9am-6.30pm, B16, Religious
The Oratory Church is Grade II* listed building which dates mainly from the beginning of the Twentieth Century but with an interior which evokes the Italian Baroque.
Blue plaques of the Jewellery Quarter
16-Sept 12.30pm-2pm, B18, Walk
On this walking tour you will discover the places and times, the artists and visionaries, who have shaped our history.
A servant’s life
Aston Hall is a beautiful Jacobean mansion. This tour will look at the day to day routines of servants in the 17th century when Thomas Holte lived at the Aston Hall.
Know your city pub quiz
19-Sept 7pm-9.30pm, B13, Unique
Roundhouse Birmingham and Ladywood History Group are teaming up to find out how much you know about our city.
Celebrating William Mitchell and Birmingham’s Public Art
A presentation focusing on the local work of William Mitchell and other public art in Birmingham. This is followed by a video showing of the stunning Mitchell sculpture in Hockley Circus.
Jewellery Quarter Lettering Workshop
14-Sept 12.30pm-2.30pm, 3pm-5pm, B1, Workshop
An introduction to traditional sign writing in the Jewellery Quarter and beyond with Jim Kerr from Seven 9 Signs.
12–22 Sept 2019
Exhibitions
Virtual Events
Walks
Workshops
For Family
Tours
Unique Events
Birmingham Heritage Week is eleven days of varied and fascinating events, from exhibitions and walks to open days and workshops.
Take this opportunity to discover parts of the city you have never seen before, or to rediscover popular places and see them from a new perspective.
Browse over 200 events and start planning your diary. Below are just a few examples of events happening across Birmingham Heritage Week.
Step inside 1885 Birmingham Museum
Step inside Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery as a Virtual Visitor during Birmingham Heritage Week.
The Birmingham Oratory
20-Sept 9am-6.30pm, B16, Religious
The Oratory Church is Grade II* listed building which dates mainly from the beginning of the Twentieth Century but with an interior which evokes the Italian Baroque.
Blue plaques of the Jewellery Quarter
16-Sept 12.30pm-2pm, B18, Walk
On this walking tour you will discover the places and times, the artists and visionaries, who have shaped our history.
A servant’s life
Aston Hall is a beautiful Jacobean mansion. This tour will look at the day to day routines of servants in the 17th century when Thomas Holte lived at the Aston Hall.
Know your city pub quiz
19-Sept 7pm-9.30pm, B13, Unique
Roundhouse Birmingham and Ladywood History Group are teaming up to find out how much you know about our city.
Celebrating William Mitchell and Birmingham’s Public Art
A presentation focusing on the local work of William Mitchell and other public art in Birmingham. This is followed by a video showing of the stunning Mitchell sculpture in Hockley Circus.
Jewellery Quarter Lettering Workshop
14-Sept 12.30pm-2.30pm, 3pm-5pm, B1, Workshop
An introduction to traditional sign writing in the Jewellery Quarter and beyond with Jim Kerr from Seven 9 Signs.
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