Welcome to the British Button Society

Our Annual General Meeting has been booked for 2024:

Meditation Centre, Birmingham on 27th April 2024. More details on the Events Page.

About us:

On 14 January 1976, 18 avid button collectors met at 125 High Holborn, London, and resolved to form the The British Button Society.  It went from strength to strength and now has over 200 members representing 13 countries.

Enthusiasm remains undimmed and we are always keen to see new faces at our meetings. If you love buttons, you’ll feel instantly at home.  Help us keep our society strong and active by becoming a member. Go straight to the membership page via the button below:

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Our membership includes people with wide-ranging interests and button collectors in many fields. These include military, livery, hunt, sporting, police, yacht clubs, golf clubs, shipping and transport buttons.

Our dress button enthusiasts includes members who collect satsumas, mother of pearl, vegetable ivory, enamels, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, silver, glass, cut steel, horn, Dorset, paste, Bimini, Celluloid, Bakelite and flora, fauna and other picture buttons.   

There is a wealth of history around buttons and their manufacture.  As a member you can attend meetings both local and national, take the opportunity to talk to fellow collectors and exchange ideas and information and receive our magazine.