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Manuscript Christmas & New Year discount offer
25% Discount Manuscript Products Until January 9th 2019 our shop has a Christmas & New Year discount offer available on all Manuscript Pen Company products. Manuscript pride themselves as being known as ‘The Calligraphy Company’ but that is only part of the story. Whether its calligraphy dip pens and nibs, fountain pens or markers, they […]
Local Charities Day 2018
Local Charities Day 14 December 2018 The day will highlight the work of small, local charities that are making remarkable differences to their communities. It will also shine a spotlight on the amazing volunteers and charities that devote their time to improving the lives of others. We are ourselves recipients of the Queens Award for [...]
Bostin’ Creative Arts & Theatre
Bostin' Creative Arts & Theatre After the most successful/manic/so worth it week here is a link to the process of ‘Forewords!’ All thanks to Martin McNally. A huge thanks to the Pen Museum, Four Dwellings Academy and Turves Green Girls School! Give it a watch and let us know what you think. Forewords Project Forewords [...]
Bostin’ Creative “Forewords”
Women of the Pen Trade This year, we at Bostin' Creative were awarded Arts Council funding to work with Turves Green Girls School and Four Dwellings Academy, in partnership with the Birmingham Pen Museum. Together, using the Women of the Birmingham Pen Trade as our artistic stimulus, we have created a promenade piece of Theatre, [...]
Suffrage Exhibition & the Winner Is!
Suffrage Exhibition Prize Giving As reported in the Summer edition of Pentalk, the Penscribes at the Pen Museum mounted an exhibition of calligraphy in the museum entitled “Suffrage”. In the spirit of the subject matter, visitors and volunteers were invited to vote on which piece of work most appealed to them. The slips have now [...]
Amazon Referral Donations
Shopping at Amazon Holiday Time is on the way - Christmas shopping with Amazon and Donations to Us! Buy products from Amazon? Then just click through using our Amazon Associates link and 5% or more of your purchases could be making its way back to The Pen Museum. It really is that easy, you don't [...]
Bostin’ Creative – Arts & Theatre
The Pen Museum is an ideal place for school and group visits. Whether you’re an adult learner, community group or school you can enjoy guided tours, making and using a range of pens and even dressing up. Schools & Special Groups
Jewellery Quarter Halloween Trail
Halloween Trail & Treats Celebrate Halloween in the historic Jewellery Quarter throughout October half-term with the Jewellery Quarter Halloween Trail! There will be no tricks only free treats for any families who visit one of the five participating venues in costume between Saturday 27 October – Sunday 4 November. Pick up one of the free [...]
West Midlands Volunteer Awards
Young People
World Calligraphy Day 2018
World Calligraphy Day Manuscript Pen Company are celebrating the success of the second World Calligraphy Day across the world. World Calligraphy Day 2018 The renowned pen manufacturer celebrated the popular craft at The Pen Museum, as people put pen to paper both in Birmingham and throughout the globe on the second World Calligraphy Day. There [...]