The
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
offers a unique glimpse of
working life in Birmingham’s
famous Jewellery Quarter,
where visitors can learn
about the history of a local
family firm as well as how
jewellery was traditionally
made.
- Visits to the Smith & Pepper
factory are by guided tour
only
- Duration: 1-2 hours
approx
- Suitable for KS2 pupils
upwards – adult parties
welcome!
Listed
below are details of some
of the teaching sessions
that are available.
Visit the main teaching session page for the current flyers available for download Teaching Session flyers.
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Workshops
for Schools - Key Stages
1 & 2
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Guided
Tour of Smith & Pepper’s
Factory
(1
hour approx)
A lively guided tour which
takes visitors around a perfectly
preserved jewellery workshop
dating from 1899, where things
were left as they were on Smith & Pepper’s
last working day.
The tour
includes a social history
of the family and their workers,
information about working
conditions and practices
as well as jewellery making
demonstrations. |
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Victorian Factory
Life
(1
hour approx)
This interactive session offers
a window into the world of
Victorian working life where
pupils learn about the social
history of a family business,
from the production of jewellery
and its associated processes,
through to working conditions
and the role of men, women
and children in the factory. |
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Mapping the
Quarter
(1
hour approx)
Discover more about Birmingham’s
long association with the metalworking
and jewellery-making industries
during the 19th and 20th centuries.
This workshop includes an illustrated
talk and a chance to examine
a selection of historic maps,
as well as access to archive
information. |
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Making Links
with the Past
(1
hour approx)
In exploring our new permanent
exhibition, Story of the Jewellery
Quarter, this ‘hands
on’ and worksheet activity
enables pupils to examine objects
at close quarters, offering
an opportunity to compare and
contrast different lifestyles
and periods of history. |
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Metal Matters
(1
hour approx)
In supporting elements of the
Smith & Pepper factory
tour & Story of the Jewellery
Quarter exhibition, this
session enables pupils
to investigate objects, metals
and alloys associated with
the making of jewellery, as
well as having a chance to
design a piece of their own. |
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Earth’s
Riches
(1
hour approx)
A chance to examine the Earth’s
Riches exhibition more closely
through handling objects and
raw materials, playing associated
word games, mapping materials
in a global context and drawing
and recording examples of jewellery. |
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Nature’s
Jewels
(1
hour approx)
Drawing inspiration from the
exhibition Earth’s Riches,
pupils will have an opportunity
to design and create their
own piece of jewellery using
a selection of natural materials. |
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In-depth
study programmes
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Buildings
of the Jewellery Quarter (Adaptable
for Key Stages 1 - 4)
(2-2½
hours approx)
Pupils will have an opportunity
to explore and record
some of the area’s
rich architectural history
found within the fascinating
buildings and streets
of the Quarter. On returning
to the Museum, there will
be an opportunity to select
some of the decorative
features recorded and
recreate them using a
variety of art and craft
materials including clay.
Connecting
Identities (Key
Stage 3 - 4)
(2-2½
hours approx)
Aimed at KS3-4, pupils will
use images as a starting
point to make connections
with jewellery found in the
Earth’s
Riches exhibition. The challenge
is then to design and make
a piece of personalised jewellery
based on their self-image
using a range of art and
craft materials.
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For
all of the above sessions
prior booking is
essential. While the Museum
invites average class sizes
to attend, each session can
only accommodate groups of
up to 15 pupils approximately,
at any one time. Sessions,
therefore, are designed to
be combined so that two can
run concurrently, in order
to accommodate a full class.
Please telephone the Museum
of the Jewellery Quarter
on 0121 554 3598, to secure
your place.
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