Pencil museum

In the county of Cumbria, in the UK, there is a small town of Keswick, it is in it that there is an amazing museum - the Museum of Pencils. In England, this county is the only deposit of graphite. In 1832, a pencil factory was opened in this area. A little more than 140 years later, the building, closed by that time, was restored and a museum was created within its walls.

The Pencil Museum is the heart of Keswick. Museum staff try to attract guests with their exhibits as much as possible, to tell about the creation, modernization and use of a wooden pencil. Each visitor can try his hand at painting, as well as get all sorts of master classes from real artists. For the most inquisitive, it is possible to learn all the secrets by sharpening and choosing pencils.

This museum is just a rainbow fairy tale for children and adults. Despite the small size of the building, visitors can see the exact copy of the graphite mine. Of course, the giant of the exhibition seven-meter pencil remains unforgettable for everyone. The tour itself does not take much time, despite the simplicity and, it would seem, the mundaneness of the topic, to many it will be informative and useful. Such a huge accumulation of unusual stationery items is difficult to find anywhere. And for those who want to replenish their writing supplies, buy souvenirs, a store is opened, located in the museum itself.