The award-winning Coffin Works will be 10 years old on 28th October. We’ve achieved so much in that time and built something special, including our
Looking for a unique location for your new office? Then join us at the gorgeous Newman Brothers’ Manufactory, now home to the award-winning Coffin
The Coffin Works is one of 26 museums nationwide to receive a Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) grant! The Department for Culture, Media and
The Coffin Works Museum is pleased yet again to have been shortlisted for a Museum+Heritage Award, this time in the category of Volunteer(s) of the
We know a lot about the Newman Brothers, but not so much about the Newman Sisters, and there were four of them. Thanks to census
Since we opened the museum nearly ten years ago, the mystery of Edwin Newman has flummoxed us. Frustratingly we’ve never been able to determine why
Introducing Annette, one of our new Trustees. Annette joined our Board in November 2022, but she’s been a champion of ours for a long time,
VisitEngland announced on Thursday this week the winners of its Visitor Attraction Accolades for 2022-2023, recognising the high-quality visitor experiences on offer across England. Following
Adele Burns, the great-great granddaughter of Edwin Newman (joint founder of Newman Brothers) was recently in touch to update us on a bit of Newman-family
The Coffin Works achieves ‘Highly Commended’ in the category of ‘Team of the Year’ at the Museum + Heritage Awards! You could say they were
The Coffin Works Museum secured the prestigious award for ‘Small Visitor Attraction of the Year’ in the West Midlands Tourism Awards, in partnership with Visit
For International Women’s Day we’re looking back at our most recent research on the 1921 census and our theme is Working Women. Of the 32
