This is certainly one of those attractions where you get "what it says on the tin" and there is nothing wrong in that. The first part that you enter is a large room of well-organised clutter. There are cabinets and cabinets of pens and pen paraphernalia. These are well laid out and contain lots of information but are so crowded... More

If you likes fountain pens this is a place you should visit. Great museum, you can make your nibs and it's free.

I felt I had to visit this funny little museum and it more-or-less met my expectations. There was a lot of pens! The museum is housed over a few rooms, lots of cabinets or pen nibs and pens and ink and blotters and so on. There was a very helpful man there who offered to take me round on a... More

We went to the Pen Museum as it was one of the few attractions in Birmingham open on a Monday. We were expecting a short stay but spent the best part of two hours there being shown round by Jon who helped us make our own nibs and print our names in braille. He told us about the history of... More

For my first visit of Birmingham, I was seeing what good things were available in the city and considering where I was staying, I found the Pen Museum was quite close by so I decided to give it a quick look before I ventured into the city centre and I am glad I did. The Pen Museum is not simply... More

There are so many pens here that it takes your breath away. The exhibition displays from C19th are works of art in themselves. Its crowded into a small space, or so it appears at first, but then there's another room that is huge. You can see how nibs were made and try writing with different styles of pen. I never... More

Nothing to do, cold outside, keeps raining. 'Lets nip in the pen museum, be OK to pass a few minutes and the rain might have stopped by then.' So in we went. It isn't really just a pen museum, it's the story of an industry that rose and fell in such a short time. It's a story that has been... More

Please go as this is a piece of Birmingham's working history that has to be remembered. It's places like this that show how Birmingham was a City of a 1000 trades

This is a true time warp, back to the days when we all used pens and ink. The attraction is that it is hands-on. You can make a pen nib, you can write with many sorts of nib, you can sit at a sloping desk just like everyone did 60 years ago. There are brilliant volunteers who can tell you... More