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Watt about the JQ

  • Deakin & Francis Car Park 15-17 Regent Place Jewellery Quarter Birmingham, B1 3NL (map)
JW in costume.jpg

Explore science and inventions on the site where James Watt lived over 200 years ago.

  • Meet James Watt and hear some terrific tales from the past. Performances at 12.30 and 2.30pm

  • Explore the history of engines from early steam power to internal combustion with the Thinktank team

  • Be an inventor ike James Watt using mini LEGO kits and find out about the characters of the Jewellery Quarter’s past in our dressing up, craft and photo corner

FREE family friendly event

This event is part of the Jewellery Quarter Festival and organised by JQ Townscape Heritage

Earlier Event: June 27
Who, Why, Where, When; find Watt in Handsworth
Later Event: June 29
The family of James Watt