What's on in Birmingham Heritage Week

About our events

Birmingham Heritage Week is just around the corner and we've got plenty going on for you to enjoy.

List of Events

  1. Two sculptures of tall thin towers in the gardens surrounded by tress and bushes, a small building is in the background

    Origins of Middle-Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and Sarehole Guided walk , at Sarehole Mill.

    Friday 12th September
    A guided walk introducing the scenery that inspired J.R.R Tolkien.
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  2. Dining room table surrounded by chairs and stools in front of unlit fireplace

    Explore Blakesley: Heritage Open Day and Birmingham Heritage Week , at Blakesley Hall.

    Explore Blakesley Hall for free.
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  3. A staff member talking to two people

    Made in Birmingham Tour , at Thinktank.

    Selected days during 12 - 21 September
    Explore the city’s most iconic inventions and engineering marvels.
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  4. A family of one child and two adults are looking at museum toys on display in a cabinet. The child is pointing to an object in the cabinet that it out of view.

    Museum Collection Centre: Birmingham Heritage Week Open Day , at Museum Collection Centre.

    Family-friendly day with behind-the-scenes access to the Birmingham Museums’ storage warehouse.
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  5. Heiresses by Miranda Kaufmann: Talk and Book Launch , at Aston Hall.

    Join historian Miranda Kaufmann as she introduces her groundbreaking new book Heiresses.
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  6. Painting of farm animals in front of a spired church building and cottages

    Old Yardley Walk: Birmingham Heritage Week , at Blakesley Hall.

    Join a local historian on a fascinating walk around the village of Yardley in celebration of Birmingham Heritage Week.
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  7. Workshop with machinery, a workbench in front of a window and wooden shelves with a ladder

    Birmingham Heritage Week: Explore The Factory Floor , at Museum of the Jewellery Quarter.

    Saturday 20th September
    Explore the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter's Smith and Pepper Factory on a self guided tour
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  8. Close up of prehistoric fossil of a primate's jaw.

    GIANTS Late , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Explore Giants after dark.
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