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Westminster gem where pounds and ounces were set for the Empire.

A new exhibition at the Jewel Tower in Westminster will, for the very first time, tell the story of this intriguing building. Tucked between and often overshadowed by its grand neighbours, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, the Jewel Tower has endured whilst the face of the country, and those who ruled it, has changed over the last 650 years. New for April, the exhibition across the tower’s three floors will reveal the three different lives of the Jewel Tower – from kings’ treasury to parliamentary record office and finally, the Office of Weights and Measures for the British Empire.

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