Title: Soho House Museum
secondary teaching sessions

Boulton's Birmingham – Industrial changes, action & reaction
Supports QCA History unit 11

Students are given a tour of Soho House Museum and its Visitor Centre. The visit allows students to learn about industrial changes in Birmingham during the 18th century whilst viewing a splendid 18th century house and contents. Students will also learn about Boulton’s contribution to industry including the Soho Manufactory and Mint, the role of the influential Lunar Society and its members and what life would have been like in the house at the time.

 

 

 

 




Portrait Matthew Boulton by Lemuel Francis Abbott 1801