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Birmingham's Assay Office gets £70,000 grant to create digital archive
Its mark – an anchor – has already been struck on over 125 million articles in the first 14 years of the 21st century.
Birmingham's Assay Office has been given a grant of £70,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help bring collections dating to the 18th century into the digital age.
The Assay Office Birmingham was founded in 1773 by industrial pioneer Matthew Boulton and its mark – an anchor – has already been struck on over 125 million articles in the first 14 years of the 21st century.
With thousands of items spanning nearly 250 years of Birmingham's jewellery and metalworking industries, the Assay Office's private silver, coin and medal collections chronicle changes in manufacturing techniques, fashion, social history and lifestyles of the area.
Its library and archive is detailed on paper records and a database which is more than 30 years old.
Birmingham's Assay Office has been given a grant of £70,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help bring collections dating to the 18th century into the digital age.
The Assay Office Birmingham was founded in 1773 by industrial pioneer Matthew Boulton and its mark – an anchor – has already been struck on over 125 million articles in the first 14 years of the 21st century.
With thousands of items spanning nearly 250 years of Birmingham's jewellery and metalworking industries, the Assay Office's private silver, coin and medal collections chronicle changes in manufacturing techniques, fashion, social history and lifestyles of the area.
Its library and archive is detailed on paper records and a database which is more than 30 years old.
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