News from the Coffin Works

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From Coffins to Caskets: An American History

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On then left stands a woman with long red hair and grey jacket. Her hand rests on one of the various boxes of coffin handles resting on shelves behind. She wears protective purple gloves.
Coffin Works

A Successful Placement!

Ellie began volunteering with us in April 2017, as part of her University of Birmingham MA placement in International Heritage Management. The placement was six

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Possibly Newman Brothers' first coffin furniture catalogue, circa 1894. Familiar with brass since 1882, they continued to use this material in their new business venture producing coffin furniture from 1894 onwards.
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From Cabinets to Coffins

One of the most common questions people seem to have in relation to Newman Brothers is ‘why did a coffin-furniture manufactory choose the Jewellery Quarter

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360° Video Taster Tour

(on a mobile device? Click here to view on Youtube) Birmingham’s award winning museum Coffin Works invites you to ‘clock-in’ and watch this 360° taster tour

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Volunteer Stories

The Graveyard Shift

Who could resist the offer of an assignment in the Jewellery Quarter graveyards? Well, truth be told I did ask if I could go along

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