Tickets are selling fast for 27th June visit – so don’t delay, book your place today! Call now to reserve a place – £12.00   Tel 0871 871 6020 or email silver@theassayoffice.co.uk The Birmingham Assay Office is pleased to announce that it is uniquely opening its doors to the General Public and offering limited places on its popular Silver Collection Visits programme – on ONE DAY ONLY. Usually these Visits are only available to organised groups, so this is a…

During February 2013 the internationally acclaimed artist, Tom Hunter, was commissioned to make new work in Birmingham’s Colmore Business District and the Jewellery Quarter. Hunter’s images, where he explores and reveals the unique places and spaces of the two culturally and historically distinct areas, are presented in FINDINGS, two related exhibitions in Church Street Square and St Paul’s Square. FINDINGS is the fifth in a series of collaboration between the Library of …

Regulations for the UK have been in force since 1st March 2013. All items which are to be sold in the UK which are intended to come into prolonged and direct contact with the skin must also comply with these new regulations - BS EN 1811: 2011. The Laboratory at The Birmingham Assay Office has responded to these changes and now offers both a UKAS accredited Full Nickel Release test (EN 1811:2011) and a UKAS Accredited Quick Nickel Release test (2011) to check that they comply with new Nickel…