Birmingham Museums is bringing together some of the city’s best independent businesses and makers for The Virtual Birmingham Christmas Gifts Market, encouraging shoppers to browse stalls from the comfort of their own home and discover unique, locally sourced gifts at a time when small businesses need support more than ever.
There’s usually lots of Christmas markets to explore across the city at this time of year, including popular events at Sarehole Mill e Aston Hall, hospedados pelo Birmingham Museums Trust, que atraem centenas de visitantes e ajudam a arrecadar fundos para a instituição de caridade. Mas, como muitas coisas, a pandemia de coronavírus impactou esses eventos e, portanto, os museus de Birmingham criaram uma maneira alternativa de comprar conscientemente neste Natal. Jóias artesanais, cuidados com a pele luxuosos, buquês de flores secos e elegantes, kits de artesanato infantis, decorações festivas de Natal e obras de arte originais para navegar, esta é a maneira ideal de descobrir presentes únicos para amigos e familiares e comprar diretamente as empresas locais.
The Virtual Birmingham Christmas Gifts Market is running until Sunday 13 December and can be accessed via a closed Facebook group, which you can request to join to discover a huge variety of ‘market stalls’, who are all local sellers from across the region.
With everything from handmade jewellery, luxurious skincare, stylish dried flower bouquets, children’s craft kits, festive Christmas decorations and original artworks to browse, this is an ideal way to discover unique gifts for friends and family and buy direct from local businesses.
The online event is supported by Colmore BID and JQBID and there is still time for sellers to get involved by applying for a virtual stall aqui e pagar uma taxa de acesso de £ 10 para começar a se conectar com mais de 1,7 mil clientes no grupo. Mas a pandemia significa que as licenças de mercado não estão sendo emitidas este ano, por isso procuramos maneiras de se adaptar, e é assim que nasceu o mercado virtual de presentes de Natal de Birmingham! Pessoa. Grupo. Durante esse período incerto, fazer compras com os museus de Birmingham é uma maneira de apoiar a instituição de caridade, que cuida da coleção da cidade de mais de 1 milhão de objetos e obras de arte em nove locais e apoia seu trabalho com comunidades locais que continuaram ao longo da pandemia. Downtown in Business
Lucy Elvin, Business Development Associate at Birmingham Museums Trust, said: “Christmas shopping for our loved ones is a festive tradition and so many of us visit local markets across the city as part of our Christmas celebrations. But the pandemic means market licences are not being issued this year, so we’ve looked for ways to adapt, and this is how the Virtual Birmingham Christmas Gifts Market was born!
“Birmingham has some fantastic small businesses and they need our support more than ever this year. Because of what we’re going through, many of us are looking to shop more purposefully and treat our friends and family to something special, so we hope this offers a positive alternative while we can’t visit markets in person. Thank you to our supporters Colmore BID and JQBID. There’s a treasure trove of stalls to explore!”
Find out more about the online event at www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/bmag/whats-on/the-virtual-birmingham-christmas-gifts-market, including how to join the group.
As part of the event, Birmingham Museums is showcasing products from its online shop, including books, homeware and prints. During this uncertain time, shopping with Birmingham Museums is a way to support the charity, which cares for the city’s collection of over 1 million objects and artworks across nine venues, and support its work with local communities which has continued throughout the pandemic.
