Candlelit Tour with a Costumed Guide
Schedule
Thu Feb 13 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
13-15 Fleet Street, B31JP Birmingham, United Kingdom | Birmingham, EN
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Join one of the factory’s original founders, Alfred Newman, back from 1894 for a candlelit like no other. On this special evening event, you will be guided round the Coffin Works by candlelight with a costumed guide.Experiencing the atmospheric Coffin Works in a whole new light. This rare experience gives you a chance to explore the museum after hours and a tour with a difference.
Join Alfred Newman as a he tours you around his state-of-art (for Victorian times) factory opened in 1894. The Coffin Works preserves the contents of the former Newman Brothers’ manufactory, which finally closed its doors in 1998. The shelves and workbenches are full of original stock and tools of the trade.
With the original machinery working, you can truly experience how this old Jewellery Quarter firm once operated on a day-to-day basis and find out its stories from one of the Newman Brothers. The firm produced some of the world’s finest coffin furniture, including the fittings for the funerals of Winston Churchill, the Queen Mother and Princess Diana.
The tour will last around an hour and a quarter, so please wrap up warm as the museum can be cold.
Hot or Cold drink included in the ticket price.
Doors open at 6pm for your hot or cold drink.*
Tour starts at 6.30pm.
*please note that food and drinks are not permitted within the museum space so must be consumed before the tour
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13-15 Fleet Street, B31JP Birmingham, United Kingdom, 13-15 Fleet Street, Birmingham, B3 1, United Kingdom,Birmingham, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
