Dynamic Collections
What we doFind out about new ways we are opening access to the collections we care for on behalf of Birmingham City Council and the people of Birmingham.
It is an exciting time for Birmingham Museums Trust as we introduce Dynamic Collections, a 10-year programme launched in 2022, aimed at transforming the accessibility of our collections. Using innovative methods centred around democratisation and digitisation, Dynamic Collections hopes to build a complete, searchable, and publicly accessible collection catalogue, in participation with the public.
We want more people to access the city’s collection and to be involved in the steps we take to get there. If you would like to share in our story, follow the progress of the programme or find out ways to get involved, see our project pages for more details.
Our current projects:
Documentation Detectives
An exciting digitisation project offering web-based volunteering opportunities using the Zooniverse platform. Become a Documentation Detective, working in participation with people around the world, to help us create digital records of our paper registers dating back to 1885! These object entries transcribed will then be added to our online collections database, sharing our records with a wider audience.
On-site Project Participation
Welcoming groups, in-person, to the Museum Collection Centre. A chance to see an assortment of fascinating artefacts in a behind-the-scenes atmosphere. Working in participation with communities and organisations to improve collections access and information.
Voices of the City
This project aims to preserve and explore the rich collection of community oral histories from the West Midlands. It will focus on transcribing interviews from four specific collections over the next three years, with the support of our dedicated team of volunteers.
