. ▁ ▁Memorial s ▁ ▁W att ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁grounds ▁of ▁St . ▁Mary ' s ▁Church , ▁Hand sw orth , ▁in ▁B irmingham . ▁Later ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁church , ▁over ▁his ▁grave , ▁means ▁that ▁his ▁tomb ▁is ▁now ▁buried ▁inside ▁the ▁church . ▁ ▁The ▁gar ret ▁room ▁work shop ▁that ▁W att ▁used ▁in ▁his ▁ret irement ▁was ▁left , ▁locked ▁and ▁un touch ed , ▁until ▁ 1 8 5 3 , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁first ▁viewed ▁by ▁his ▁bi ograph er ▁J . ▁P . ▁Mu ir head . ▁There after , ▁it ▁was ▁occasionally ▁visited , ▁but ▁left ▁un touch ed , ▁as ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁shr ine . ▁A ▁proposal ▁to ▁have ▁it ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁Pat ent ▁Office ▁came ▁to ▁nothing . ▁When ▁the ▁house ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁be ▁demol ished ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁the ▁room ▁and ▁all ▁its ▁contents ▁were ▁presented ▁to ▁the ▁Science ▁Museum , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁re created ▁in ▁its ▁entire ty . ▁It ▁remained ▁on ▁display ▁for ▁visitors ▁for ▁many ▁years , ▁but ▁was ▁w alled - off ▁when ▁the ▁gallery ▁it ▁was ▁hous ed ▁in ▁closed . ▁The ▁work shop ▁remained ▁int act , ▁and ▁preserved , ▁and ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁was ▁put ▁on ▁public ▁display ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁permanent ▁Science ▁Museum ▁exhibition , ▁" James ▁W att ▁and ▁our ▁world ". ▁ ▁The ▁approximate ▁location ▁of ▁James ▁W att ' s ▁birth ▁in ▁Green