Group Bookings

Offer 2026/27

Guided Tour – A fully guided tour led by one of our trained tour guides, this will take one and a half hours and includes an in depth look at the history of the Pen Trade, an exploration into the history of the Pen Museum particularly the founding twenty-five years ago. In addition, you will get to experience a sample of the life for the women workers of Pen Trade and make your very own pen nib on our vintage machines.

Self-Guided – This is a group led visit where you can wander around the museum at your own pace, this includes more hand on activities such as calligraphy, graphology and interactive trails. The self guided option does involve a 30-40 minute (Depending on group size) demonstration where you get to make your own nib with one of our trained demonstrators, for safety reasons this will be guided/supported.

Group Sizes – 30 maximum where the groups will be split into three groups of ten

Group Prices – £7.50 per person for an adult £4.25 child. Any carer tickets are free when accompanying a person paying full price.

Out of Hours Bookings – The Pen Museum is open Thursday-Sunday so any bookings outside of these hours will be considered out of hours and subject to a slight price increase. These bookings will be taken subject to availability of Pen Museum staff and volunteers.

To enquiries about our group bookings please email enquiries@penmuseum.org.uk listing the desired number of visitors, the preference of offer and your desired date of visit.