Former Museum of Science and Industry, Newell Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham: the rear of the building canalside
Artist/Photographer | Lewis & Randall Ltd |
Country | UK: England |
City | Birmingham |
Subject Date | 1850 |
Image Date | 1990 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Victorian |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP601/15 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Brickwork ; Conversion of buildings ; Canals ; Factories ; Museums |
NOTES: Built as the Elkington Silver Electroplating Works from c.1850, this building became home to the science museum of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in 1951. It closed in 1997 and the majority of the exhibits were moved to the Think Tank at Milennium Point which opened in 2001.
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