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BRILLIANTLY BIRMINGHAM SILVER VISIT

A Unique Opportunity For The General Public To Visit The Birmingham Assay Office And View Its Private Silver Collection Thursday 3rd December 2009 - Book Your Place Today

The Birmingham Assay Office is pleased to be a partner in Brilliantly Birmingham 2009. To mark the 10th anniversary of Brilliantly Birmingham, The Birmingham Assay Office is offering limited places on its popular Silver Visits programme.

Usually these visits are only available to organised groups, so this is a unique opportunity to see the spectacular Silver Collection, the Library, and to hear the Curator, Dr. Sally Baggott talk about the history of hallmarking and The Birmingham Assay Office.

Visitors will be met with a warm welcome, including coffee and biscuits before the visit, and afterwards, in the Gift Shop, they will be able to buy gifts such as books and silver items all made in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter and hallmarked at The Birmingham Assay Office.  There are lots of Christmas Gift ideas for that someone special…..

The Brilliantly Birmingham Silver Visit will take place on Thursday 3rd December at The Birmingham Assay Office, with the option of a morning visit at 10.30am or an afternoon visit at 2.00pm. Places are limited to 25 for each of the visits, so early booking is advised.


To book a place or for further information
please call us on 0871 871 6020 or email silver@theassayoffice.co.uk
A charge of £7.00 per head is payable in advance and non-refundable.


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