The Jewellery Quarter BID and sister projects JQ Townscape Heritage and JQ Cemeteries Project, are offering a total of 3 video commissions for a value of £250 each as part of a West Midlands wide initiative spearheaded by Culture Central. On the 21st of December, the shortest day of the year and the last Monday before Christmas, ... Read more
Discover how George Dawson and his associates changed Birmingham for the better and how this influenced social reform on a national scale with Louise Deakin and Doug Wilks from Jewellery Quarter Research Trust. The Jewellery Quarter Research Trust have been working with the Everything to Everybody project, looking at the role of George Dawson in ... Read more
Christmas is just around the corner, and we'll all be looking to celebrate in socially distanced and COVID safe ways. Wrap up warm and take a wintery walk around Key Hill, hunting for snowflakes and crunching through a blanket of fallen leaves! The cemetery has undergone extensive restoration this year including path resurfacing and drainage ... Read more
A FREE Online talk with Dr Helen Frisby exploring the fascinating traditions which have surrounded death, grief and burial from ancient times to the present day. Death has been a source of grief and uncertainty for humanity throughout history, but it has also inspired a plethora of fascinating traditions. The covering of mirrors to prevent ... Read more
