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The Pen Room, Birmingham | The Pen Room, Birmingham. | ||
* [http://penroom.co.uk | * [http://www.penroom.co.uk] The Pen Museum website. | ||
* Museum | * Museum and Pen Trade Memorabilia. | ||
* Contains fascinating displays of writing instruments, with particular emphasis on the huge variety of pen knibs produced locally, in the era when Birmingham dominated the world market for steel knibs. | * Contains fascinating displays of writing instruments, with particular emphasis on the huge variety of pen knibs produced locally, in the era when Birmingham dominated the world market for steel knibs. | ||
* Visitors may press steel | * Visitors may press steel nibs using old fly presses (under supervision!). | ||
'''Nearby Attraction''' - [[Museum of the Jewellery Quarter]] | '''Nearby Attraction''' - [[Museum of the Jewellery Quarter]]. | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == |
Revision as of 11:29, 8 January 2013




The Pen Room, Birmingham.
- [1] The Pen Museum website.
- Museum and Pen Trade Memorabilia.
- Contains fascinating displays of writing instruments, with particular emphasis on the huge variety of pen knibs produced locally, in the era when Birmingham dominated the world market for steel knibs.
- Visitors may press steel nibs using old fly presses (under supervision!).
Nearby Attraction - Museum of the Jewellery Quarter.