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Friday 5 April, 6pm-8pm Saturday 13 April, 11.30am-12.30pm Watt Inventions James Watt: Powering Family event Canals and Industry Be inspired by James Watt’s ingenuity Talk and create your very own work of genius. Jim Andrew, engineer and early steam Who knows, maybe your inventions will engine expert, describes how James end up changing the world too! Watt’s steam engines were used to pump The Lighthouse Young People’s Centre, water out of mines and up canals, 100 Alma Way, , B19 2LN 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the focussing on the Smethwick Engine and Birmingham Canal System. death of the steam engineer James Watt Free, drop-in craft activity for children (1736-1819), one of the most important aged 8+ , Floor 4, historic figures connected with Birmingham Heritage Learning Space, Broad Street, and the Midlands. Birmingham, B1 2EA Born in Greenock in Scotland in 1736, Friday 12th April & £5. Book at jameswatt2019.org Watt moved to Birmingham in 1774 to enter Friday 11th October, 2pm-3pm into a partnership with the metalware manufacturer . The Boulton A Visit to the Assay Office & Watt steam engine was to become, quite Silver collection literally, one of the drivers of the Industrial Behind the Scenes Revolution in Britain and around the world. James Watt was one of the first Wardens Although best known for his steam engine of the , work, Watt was a man of many other talents. established in 1773. To celebrate James At the start of his career he worked as both Watt 2019 the Assay Office is opening the a mathematical instrument maker and a doors to its important private collections. civil engineer. In 1780 he invented the first Curator Craig O’Donnell will deliver a brief reliable document copier. He was also talk before inviting visitors to view the a talented chemist who was jointly impressive array of silver and coins and medals from the Soho Mint. Private Assay responsible for proving that water is a Smethwick Engine, Office ledgers and books not normally compound rather than an element. Thinktank Portrait of James Watt accessible will also be on display. He was a member of the famous Lunar by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1812 Society of Birmingham, along with other Photo by Assay Office, Icknield Street, Wednesday 17 April, leading thinkers such as Matthew Boulton, , Birmingham, B18 6RZ Steaming at 12noon & 2.30pm Erasmus Darwin, Joseph Priestley and The 2019 James Watt Bicentenary £10 including drinks on arrival. Smethwick Engine Josiah Wedgwood. Limited places, booking essential. commemorative programme is The Boulton & Watt steam engine business Book at theassayoffice.com/news Steaming Day coordinated by the Lunar Society. Family event was highly successful and Watt became a We are delighted to be able to offer One of the jewels in Thinktank’s collection wealthy man. In 1790 he built a new house, Spoon handle showing a wide-ranging programme of events is the Smethwick Engine designed by in Handsworth (demolished the 1774 Birmingham and activities in partnership with a James Watt. It is the oldest working steam in 1927). hallmark host of other Birmingham engine in the world. See the power of the organisations. Following his retirement in 1800 he engine first hand, find out about the continued to develop new inventions For more information about the fascinating story of its use and impact in his workshop at Heathfield. These programme and to book tickets on the region. included a machine that could produce visit jameswatt2019.org Thinktank, Millennium Point, three dimensional copies of sculpture. Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG Watt died at Heathfield on 25th August @LunarSoc #jameswatt2019 Entry to this event is included in the price 1819 aged 83. of Thinktank admission. 4 Bicentenary Programme 5

Saturday 18 May, 11.30am-12.30pm Monday 27 May, 11am-4pm Follow in the footsteps of James Watt The Men, Women and Soho Steam Fair Family event Thursday 30 May, 10.30am-12.30pm Children of Soho Watt’s Wanderings: Come to and see miniature Sunday 20 October, 1.30pm-3.30pm Talk Discover Hidden Caitlin Russell and Christopher Olive model steam engines and a miniature Handsworth Geology of the : have used the extensive Boulton and model railway for children to ride on. A walk in the footsteps of Watt archive to uncover the stories of the Meet James Watt or take part in a drop Get your walking shoes on and explore people who worked for James Watt and in craft activity. Handsworth, the place where James Watt James Watt and his sons Matthew Boulton. Find out about their Soho House, Soho Avenue, Handsworth, came to make his mark on the world! James Watt and his sons had a keen interest everyday factory experiences. Birmingham, B18 5LB Free walks organised by legacy-wm.org in geology including rock formations of the Library of Birmingham, Floor 4, Come prepared for the weather. £5 (£2.50 children). Lickeys. Join Julie Schroder, amateur Heritage Learning Space, Broad Street, More info at birminghammuseums.org.uk geologist and volunteer with Lickey Hills Birmingham, B1 2EA Saturday 27 April, 10am-11.30am Geo-Champions to discover the geology £5. Book at jameswatt2019.org Tuesday 28 to Friday 31 May, 10am-3pm Start and finish at St Mary’s Church, of these popular hills. Hamstead Road, Handsworth, B20 2RW Free event. Meet at the Lickey Hills Visitor Saturday 18 May, 2.30pm-4.30pm Watt’s Going On: Young Centre, Warren Lane, , Birmingham, Tuesday 14 May, 9.30am-11am B45 8ER Watt Make and Take People’s Holiday Programme Family event School Holiday programme offered Start and finish at Handsworth Leisure Come in sturdy shoes and prepared for by Legacy Centre, Holly Road, Handsworth, B20 2BY whatever the weather may bring. Be inspired by Please note this is a women only event. James Watt and his Get inspired by James Watt’s life and friends in the Lunar ideas with this exciting holiday Society. Come and programme. Arts, crafts, hands on Thursday 16 May, 11.30am-12.30pm create your very activities and inspiring speakers. Help to Start and finish at Handsworth Association own pastel drawing create a film that tells the tale of James of Schools, 2-8 Broughton Road, of the moon. Watt’s life. Suitable for 8-13 year olds. Handsworth, B20 2PS Handsworth Library, Soho Road, Soho House, Soho Avenue, Birmingham, B21 9DP Handsworth, Birmingham, B18 5LB Friday 17 May, 1pm-2pm Free, drop-in craft activity for children Start and finish at Soho House, Free, places limited and booking essential. aged 5-12. Book at legacy-wm.org Soho Avenue, Handsworth, B18 5BL , The Lickeys

Thursday 18 April, 1pm-3pm Friday 17 May, 6.30pm-8.45pm Tuesday 21 May, 2pm-3.30pm Casting Creations Illuminating James Watt Conservation Studio Tour Family event Talk Behind the scenes Take inspiration from the plaster pictures Join Dr Malcolm Dick, Director for the Centre Come behind the scenes at Birmingham of West Midlands History, and hear how created by engineer and inventor James Museums Trust on a conservation studio James Watt’s pioneering work on improving Watt and make your own plaster portrait. tour. See how objects are conserved and steam engines led to a highly successful The Coffin Works Museum, prepared for display in the Watt in the partnership with the industrialist and 13-15 Fleet Street, Jewellery Quarter, World exhibition (12 July to 31 October). Birmingham, B3 1JP entrepreneur Matthew Boulton. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Free, drop-in craft activity for children Soho House, Soho Avenue, Handsworth, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3DH aged 5-12. Donations welcome. Handsworth, B18 5LB Factory visit not included but participants £15. Includes optional tour of Soho House. £15. Booking essential. Age 14+. Conservation studio can enjoy a reduced rate tour. Book at birminghammuseums.org.uk Book at birminghammuseums.org.uk 6 Bicentenary Programme 7

Tuesday 28 May, 10am-12noon Thursdays 6, 13, 20 & 27 June, Kaleidoscope Colours Thursday 30 May, 10.30am-12.30pm 1pm-2.30pm Family event Geology of the Lickey Who, Why, Where, When: James Watt owned a Brewster kaleidoscope, invented by his friend Sir Hills: A walk in the Find Watt in Handsworth David Brewster in 1817 and an instrument footsteps of James Watt Walk that has delighted people with colourful Join Rachel West of Legacy West combinations of glass ever since. and his sons Midlands, put on your walking shoes Be inspired by the Divine Beauty of the Free. See page 4 for futher details. and follow in the footsteps of James Watt, Cathedral’s windows, learn about the Handsworth’s adopted son. Discover friends of Watt who worshipped here hidden Handsworth with a walking and create your own kaleidoscopic art. Sunday 2 June, Wednesdays 5, 12, tour that explores this diverse area Birmingham Cathedral, Colmore Row, 19 & 26 and Thursdays 6, 13, 20 & 27. and investigates Watt’s decision to Birmingham, B3 2QB Tour times 11.30am, 1pm & 2.30pm relocate here. A free, drop-in family friendly event for all. James Watt Tours Soho House, Soho Avenue, Handsworth, Birmingham, B18 5LB Wednesday 29 May Guided tour Steaming at 12noon & 2.30pm Enjoy a themed £5. Come prepared for the weather. guided tour of Book at legacy-wm.org Smethwick Engine Soho House and Steaming Day learn more about St Mary’s Church Family event the great One of the jewels in Thinktank’s collection inventor and is the Smethwick Engine designed by steam engine James Watt. It is the oldest working steam designer James engine in the world. See the power of the Watt, once St Paul’s Church engine first hand, find out about the a regular visitor fascinating story of its use and impact Soho House on the region. to the house. Friday 14, Saturday 15 June, Thinktank, Millennium Point, Soho House, Soho Avenue, 9am-2pm and Sunday 16 June Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG Handsworth, Birmingham, B18 5LB 9am-10.30am & 11.30am-2pm Entry to this event is included in the price £7 adults, £3 Child, £5 concessions St Paul’s Flower Festival: of Thinktank admission. Book at birminghammuseums.org.uk A Celebration Saturday 8 June, 11.30am of James Watt Selling Steam: Floral display Sunday 2 June, 11am-1pm Watt’s Steam Engine in St Paul’s church in the Jewellery What’s Watt Quarter will be celebrating in floral Talk and guided tour Popular Print Culture arrangements the life and achievements of James Watt, who James Watt Junior lived at Hall for Talk Dr Katherine Croft reveals how Matthew once had a pew in this church. nearly 30 years and made it a comfortable Boulton and James Watt used The vibrant floral display is a home. Join Historian Chris Rice for an contemporary newspapers, pamphlets collaboration between the flower introduction to James Watt Junior and other print to promote their steam arrangers of St Paul’s in the Jewellery followed by a guided tour of the Hall. engine business. Quarter and St Phillip’s Cathedral. , Trinity Road, Aston, Library of Birmingham, Floor 4, St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Square, Birmingham, B6 6JD Heritage Learning Space, Broad Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B3 1QZ £15, pre-booking essential. Birmingham, B1 2EA Free entry Book at birminghammuseums.org.uk The Great Hall, Aston Hall £5. Book at jameswatt2019.org 8 Bicentenary Programme 9

Saturday 15 June, 11am Saturday 29 June, 11.30am-12.30pm Saturday 6 July, 11am-1pm Remembering James Watt: Death and The Family of James Watt City Centre Lunar Memorials in Georgian Birmingham Talk Walking Tour Talk Join Eleanor Beestin and Harry Wilkins as Walk they share their post-graduate research Josie Wall, who is completing PhD research about the Join blue badge guide Diana Perowne for into James Watt’s relationships with some development of Victorian cemeteries, will look at James a walking tour around Birmingham city of his closest family; his two wives, his son Watt, his death, and the memorials erected to him in centre, taking in historic sites associated Birmingham and beyond. She will pay particular attention Gregory and his daughter Margaret. with the Lunar Society. Library of Birmingham, Floor 4, to the ‘Cathedral of the Industrial Revolution’; St Mary’s Start at Birmingham Cathedral, Colmore Heritage Learning Space, Broad Street, church in Handsworth where James Watt is buried along Row, Birmingham, B3 2BQ. Please note that with Matthew Boulton and William Murdock. Birmingham, B1 2EA this walk ends in the Jewellery Quarter. Coffin Works, 13-15 Fleet Street, Birmingham, B3 1JP £5. Book at jameswatt2019.org James Watt memorial, Free event. Limited places. Booking advised. £5. Book at coffinworks.org St Mary's Parish Church Book at jameswatt2019.org Weekends in July and every day in August, 12.30pm, 1.30pm & 3.30pm Friday 12 July to Saturday 2 November, James Watt Mon & Tue 11am-7pm, Saturday 15 June, 7pm-9pm Thursday 20 June, 3pm-4pm Wed to Sat 11am-5pm. Closed Sunday. From the Age of Steam: Visit Watt’s Workshop at Family Lego Sessions Family event Watt in the World: A Musical Tribute Science Museum London Come along to take part in our James Watt the Life and Legacy of Guided Tour to James Watt themed Lego family sessions and awaken Join Ben Russell, curator of Mechanical James Watt (1736-1819) Concert your curiosity, science and computing Engineering at the Science Museum, Exhibition A special evening concert of music and skills. In this session you will learn how to London, for a tour of Watt’s Workshop. This major exhibition features over 100 readings from the life and times of James come up with solutions to problems and The workshop fittings and content, well internationally important archival and Watt, followed by a drinks reception. test your ideas. Limited places. Sessions over 8000 objects, were moved from museum objects, including paintings, 45 minutes. St Paul’s church, St Paul’s Square, Watt's home in Birmingham to the original drawings and letters, furniture, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B3 1QZ Science Museum in 1924. Thinktank, Millennium Point, silver, scientific instruments, personal Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG items, photographs, documents and £7 (£5 concessions). Tickets at the door. Science Museum London, Exhibition Road, Further info at stpaulsjq.church Kensington, London, SW7 2DD £2. Thinktank entry charge applies. notebooks. Library of Birmingham, £10. Meet at round reception desk inside Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA the main entrance to the museum. Boulton, Murdock and Book at jameswatt2019.org Watt by William Bloye Free. Further info at jameswatt2019.org

Tuesday 25 June, 6pm-8pm The Lunar Society and the European Enlightenment Talk Simon Schaffer, Professor of History of Science at the University of Cambridge, will examine the Lunar Society in the context of the wider European Enlightenment movement. Birmingham City University, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7BD

Trees by Gregory Watt, c1790 Free event. Booking essential. Book at lunarsociety.org.uk 10 Bicentenary Programme 11

Saturday 20 July, 11.30am-12.30pm Saturday 24 August to A History of Harper’s Hill: Monday 26 August, 10am-5pm Please check steaming times James Watt’s First Family on the Thinktank website Home in Birmingham James Watt Weekend Talk Family event Researchers George Demidowicz and To celebrate one of the greatest engineers John Townley reveal details about James of all time, come and find out about some Watt’s first family home in the area that of his inventions. Take part in our was to become the Jewellery Quarter. interactive science show and hands on Library of Birmingham, Floor 4, activities to discover his legacy. Heritage Learning Space, Broad Street, Thinktank, Millennium Point, Birmingham, B1 2EA Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG

£5. Book at jameswatt2019.org Imagination Playground Entry to this event is included in the price of Thinktank admission. Tuesday 23 July, 1pm-3pm Wednesday 7 August, 12noon-3pm Thursday 29 August, 1pm-3pm Watt the World Needs Now... Wednesday 31 July, Imagination Playground Family event 12noon-3pm Lunar Inventions Family event Family event Be ingenious, imaginative and inspired Crazy Science Come along to Soho House and be Come and design incredible inventions and create the next ‘must have’ invention. & Garden Picnic inspired by James Watt. Imagine, think, inspired by the life of James Watt, his Lunar Nettlefold Garden, Margaret Grove, Family event and build big structures in the garden with Society friends and the Summer Reading , Birmingham, B17 9JH Come along and take part in some mega blocks of Imagination Playground. Challenge which celebrates the moon Free, drop-in event for children aged 5-12. hands-on Crazy Science inspired by Soho House, Soho Avenue, landings 50 years ago. Crazy, simple or just Contact the Education Officer for more James Watt’s experiments. Bring a Handsworth, Birmingham, B18 5LB plain ‘out of this world’ we want to see and picnic and relax in the garden details on 0121 426 2908 or Free, drop-in event. Please note that entry hear all about your creations. afterwards. email: [email protected] to Soho House is not included. Children’s Library, Library of Birmingham, Soho House, Soho Avenue, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Wednesday 24 July Handsworth, Birmingham, B18 5LB Saturday 10 August, 11.30am-12.30pm Birmingham, B1 2ND Steaming at 12noon & 2.30pm Free drop-in event. Please note that Watt’s Rotative Steam Free drop-in event for children aged 5-14. Smethwick Engine entry to Soho House is not included. Engines: Case Studies of Friday 30 August to Sunday 1 September Steaming Day Ecton Copper Mine and Family event Rethinking James Watt One of the jewels in Thinktank’s collection Chester Flour Mill Talk (1736-1819): Innovation, is the Smethwick Engine designed by Bill Whitehead and Chris Hodrien provide Culture and Legacy James Watt. It is the oldest working steam a fascinating insight into the problems Conference engine in the world. See the power of the encountered with some of Watt’s early This conference at the University of engine first hand, find out about the commercial steam engines. Hear about Birmingham will highlight recent research fascinating story of its use and impact troubles at a Staffordshire copper mine about James Watt. Contributions will on the region. and Chester flour mill. explore his legacy and will go beyond his Thinktank, Millennium Point, Library of Birmingham, Floor 4, role in improving steam engine Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG Heritage Learning Space, Broad Street, technologies. Entry to this event is included in the price Birmingham, B1 2EA Contact Malcolm Dick for more details, of Thinktank admission. £5. Book at jameswatt2019.org email: [email protected] 12 Bicentenary Programme 13

Saturday 7 September, 1pm-3.30pm Sunday 15 September, 2pm Friday 11 October, 2pm-3pm The Family of James Watt Mechanical Wonders: A Visit to the Assay Office Behind the scenes The Lap Engine Silver Collection A rare opportunity to join archivist Fiona Gallery talk Behind the Scenes Tait behind the scenes at Birmingham Meet model maker David Hulse and hear James Watt was one of the first Wardens Archives and view original documents how he researched and built the scale of the Birmingham Assay Office, from the James Watt Archive Collection. model steam engine on display in the established in 1773. To celebrate James Library of Birmingham, Wolfson Centre, exhibition. Watt 2019 the Assay Office is opening the Floor 4, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA Library of Birmingham, The Gallery, Floor 3, doors to its important private collections. £5. Book at jameswatt2019.org Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA Curator Craig O’Donnell will deliver a brief talk before inviting visitors to view the Free event impressive array of silver and coins and Saturday 14 September, Watt’s Orbit medals from the Soho Mint. Sunday 15 September, 1pm-3pm 11.30am-12.30pm Assay Office, Icknield Street, Preserving the Dust: Watt Make and Take Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B18 6RZ Family event Saturday 21 September Doors 7.30pm, performance 8.15pm £10 including drinks on arrival. James Watt and To coincide with the full moon in Limited places, booking essential. Industrial Iconography September, we will be creating lunar Watt’s Orbit Book at theassayoffice.com/news Talk pastels and finding out more about Watt’s Sound installation friendships with the other members of A jewel in the collections of the Sonic artist Bobby Bird aka Higher Saturday 12 October the Lunar Society. Science Museum London is the Intelligence Agency will give an immersive Doors 7.30pm, start 8pm workshop of engineer James Watt. Soho House, Soho Avenue, live surround sound performance of his The workshop contents are preserved Handsworth, Birmingham, B18 5LB composition Watt’s Orbit, created from the Soho on a Lunar Night Light installation essentially as he left it upon his death Free, drop-in craft activity for children aged sounds and rhythms of James Watt’s steam Be amazed by this spectacle of light and in 1819. Ben Russell, Curator of 5-12. Please note that entry to Soho House driven beam engines. A transcendental images projected onto Soho House Mechanical Engineering, will explore is not included. tribute to James Watt, bringing history to the workshop contents and discuss life through sound. against the night sky. A show inspired by historical references and James Watt’s their implications for our interpretation Saturday, 21 September, 2pm-3pm St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Square, wide ranging interests. of the industrial revolution and one Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B20 2RW of its most significant figures. St Mary’s Church: Soho House, Soho Avenue, Recommended 12 yrs+ Handsworth, Birmingham, B18 5LB Library of Birmingham, Cathedral of the £12. Book at wattsorbit.org Heritage Learning Space, Floor 4, Industrial Revolution Book at legacy-wm.org Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA Guided tour Sunday 6 October, 2pm-3.30pm £5. Book at jameswatt2019.org Join the Friends of St Mary’s Church on Boulton, Watt Saturday 19 October, 2pm-3pm a guided tour of this ancient church and St Mary’s Church: Cathedral discover the stories behind its many and the Wyatts memorials, including a large Talk and guided tour of the Industrial Revolution commemorative sculpture of James Watt. Watt’s Heathfield house was designed by Guided tour . Join Rita McLean to hear Join the Friends of St Mary’s Church on St Mary’s Church, Hamstead Road, a guided tour of this ancient church and Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2RW about the varied and fascinating connections between the Wyatt family discover the stories behind its many Free event. Limited places. Booking advised. and business activities. memorials, including a large Book at jameswatt2019.org The talk will be followed by an (optional) commemorative sculpture of James Watt. tour of Soho House. St Mary’s Church, Hamstead Road, Soho House, Soho Avenue, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2RW Handsworth, Birmingham, B18 5LB Left: Watt’s attic workshop Free event. Limited places. Booking advised. at Heathfield House £5. Book at jameswatt2019.org Book at jameswatt2019.org 14

Wednesday 30 October James Watt Sunday 20 October, 1.30pm-3.30pm Steaming at 12noon & 2.30pm Geology of the Lickey Smethwick Engine Hills: A walk in the Steaming Day in Birmingham footsteps of James Watt Family event and his sons One of the jewels in Thinktank’s collection is the Smethwick Engine designed by 1 Free. See page 4 for futher details. James Watt. It is the oldest working steam 2 engine in the world. See the power of the engine first hand, find out about the Birmingham is home to a wealth of heritage related to fascinating story of its use and impact on the region. James Watt. The Library of Birmingham (1) holds the ‘Archives of Soho’, four major collections relating to Thinktank, Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG the business activities and personal lives of James Watt Entry to this event is included in the price and his partner Matthew Boulton. Birmingham of Thinktank admission. Museums Trust is responsible for a significant collection of Watt material including Sir Thomas 3D Printing Saturday 23 November, 11am-1pm Lawrence’s fine portrait painted in 1812. James Watt Bicentenary Saturday 26 October, 1pm-4pm Tree Planting 3D Workshop Family event 4 3 Family event Join in and help the Birmingham Trees In this interactive drop-in session, Black for Life team as they plant trees in Country Atelier will be giving live demos . Find out about the of 3D scanning and 3D printing different species of trees in the tree technology. This technology was used trail walk. to make a copy of a bust of James Watt Meet at the bandstand, Handsworth Park, by sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey. Have a Holly Road (for car park), Birmingham, go at designing an object in 3D, get B20 2BY yourself 3D scanned, and maybe even get a mini-3D selfie made! Free event. Come prepared for whatever the weather Library of Birmingham, may bring and wear sturdy boots or wellies. Heritage Learning Space, Floor 4, Info at jameswatt2019.org Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA 5 6 Free drop-in session, suitable for all the family. Watt-related historic sites in Birmingham include Tuesday 29 October, 1pm-3pm Handsworth Parish Church (2), where Watt is Watt Can We Copy? buried; Aston Hall (3), home to James Watt Junior; Family event Soho House (4) the former home of Matthew An exciting make and take activity for Boulton; the Jewellery Quarter (5), where Watt lived creative geniuses inspired by James Watt’s between 1774 and 1790; Thinktank, home to the copying inventions. Smethwick Engine, the oldest working steam engine Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, in the world, and collections at Birmingham Assay Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3DH Office (6), of which Watt was a Warden. Free, drop-in event for children aged 5-12 Tree Planting The modern Lunar Society

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The Lunar Society is grateful to the following organisations for their financial support for the James Watt Bicentenary 2019: Heritage Lottery Fund, History West Midlands, the W A Cadbury Trust, the Feeney Trust, the Grimmitt Trust, the Limoges Trust, the Edward Cadbury Trust, Rowlands Trust and the Jewellery Quarter Development Trust. Photography by Birmingham Museums Trust, Library of Birmingham, Assay Office Birmingham Information in this brochure is correct at the time of publishing. However, changes may occasionally be necessary and any up-to-date or additional information can be found on the James Watt 2019 website, individual venue website or broadcast via social media. Designed and produced by Dave Walsh Creative.

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