Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association
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The Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association is a registered charity
, located in the independent museum
known as The Pen Room
in Birmingham
, England
. The charity is based within the museum, and the museum is run entirely by volunteers. The charity began in 1996 as an informal gathering of people with an interest in pen history within Birmingham, and became a registered charity in 1997.
Most of the volunteers at the Pen Room are also members of the Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association, but not all of them. The charity’s members also include those who have visited or regularly visit the museum, those with an interest in history, pen collectors and those who you used to work in the trade.
It costs ten pounds to join the charity as a paid member, something that is part of the museum’s form of upkeep as its running is based entirely on donations. The secretary of the Association is Brian Jones.
Charitable organization
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, located in the independent museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
known as The Pen Room
Pen Room
The Pen Room is a museum and learning centre in Birmingham, England dedicated to educating visitors on the history of Birmingham’s pen trade....
in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The charity is based within the museum, and the museum is run entirely by volunteers. The charity began in 1996 as an informal gathering of people with an interest in pen history within Birmingham, and became a registered charity in 1997.
Most of the volunteers at the Pen Room are also members of the Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association, but not all of them. The charity’s members also include those who have visited or regularly visit the museum, those with an interest in history, pen collectors and those who you used to work in the trade.
It costs ten pounds to join the charity as a paid member, something that is part of the museum’s form of upkeep as its running is based entirely on donations. The secretary of the Association is Brian Jones.