On All Hallow's Eve, experience the museum after-hours and enjoy a signature cocktail.
Do you dare to join us on the 31st October for our special candlelit tour?
On this All Hallows Eve, one of our fantastic tour guides will guide you round the atmospheric Coffin Works on a rare after-hours tour.
The doors will open at 6pm, for a candlelit tour that starts promptly at 6:45pm. The tour lasts for around an hour and a quarter; please wrap up warm as the museum can be cold.
Your tour ticket includes a drink in our Casting Shop café. Before the tour, warm up with a spine-tingling Halloween cocktail or mocktail! Fancy trying our signature Corpse Reviver cocktail? (Please note that food and drinks are not permitted within the museum space, so must be consumed in the café before the tour.)
The Coffin Works preserves the contents of the former Newman Brothers’ manufactory, which opened in 1894 and finally closed its doors in 1998. The shelves and workbenches are full of original stock and tools of the trade, and some of the original machinery is working again so that you can truly experience how this Jewellery Quarter firm once operated. Newman Brothers produced some of the world’s finest coffin furniture, including the fittings for the funerals of Winston Churchill, the Queen Mother and Princess Diana.
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Expires: 1 Jan 2026
Visitor information
Address
13-15 Fleet Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 1JP
0121 233 4790
Opening times
Self-guided entry (with a 50% discount for National Art Pass holders) is available Friday - Sunday, 12-3pm.
Guided Tours (charged separately) are available on Wednesdays at 11am and 1pm; Thursdays at 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm; and Friday - Sunday at 11am only.
Open on Bank Holidays, check website for details.
Exclusions and safety measures
National Art Pass holders receive a 50% discount on self-guided entry (excluding guided tours).
The Coffin Works is now open for Guided Tours only on Wednesdays at 11am and 1pm and Thursdays at 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm. Please note, as it is Guided Tours only, Art Pass discount does not apply on these days.
To visit the museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, we have a guided tour at 11am and then self-guided entry every half hour from 12pm-4pm (last entry 3pm).
With your self-guided entry ticket, you will receive a booklet guide and access to a mobile tour to help you round the building, as well as our fantastic volunteer Room Enablers in each room to answer any questions and help you engage with the building's unique history. You'll also see the historic machinery in action.
We look forward to welcoming you soon.
