Soho House
Address:
Soho Avenue
Handsworth
Birmingham
West Midlands
B18 5LB
Soho Avenue
Handsworth
Birmingham
West Midlands
B18 5LB
T: 0121 554 9122
- Furniture and household objects
- Silver and metalwork
- Scientific instruments
- Musical instruments
- Coins and medals
Free entry to all
Soho House was once a regular meeting place for some of the greatest minds of the 18th century. It was in the dining room of this elegant house that Matthew Boulton, one of the country's leading industrialists, entertained the leading scientists and inventors of the industrial age.
Highlights at Soho include the dining room, where members of the Lunar Society met to discuss their world-changing ideas; the ormolu sidereal clock, which tells 'star time' – made by Boulton and Fothergill but rejected by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great because it did not play a tune.
Facilities:
- Parking
- Disabled Access
- Refreshments
- Shop
- Children's Events
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