Which Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery paintings and objects have we loaned out? Where can they be found on display?

Whilst infrastructure works continue at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the building is closed, we have lent a considerable number of our finest paintings to other galleries and museums in order to provide increased public access to our extensive collection. Here is where you can see them:

Pheidias and the Frieze of the Parthenon, by Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema

On display at the Ashmolean Museum in the exhibition ‘Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and Design,’ 21 September 2023 – 18 February 2024.

The Pipe Bearer, John Frederick Lewis, oil on panel

On display at the Ashmolean Museum in the exhibition ‘Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and Design,’ 21 September 2023 – 18 February 2024.

Scene from the Oeuvres of Christine de Pisan

On display at the Ashmolean Museum in the exhibition ‘Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and Design,’ 21 September 2023 – 18 February 2024.

Evening, Tangiers, by Sir John Lavery

On display in the exhibition ‘Lavery. On Location,’ on display at the National Gallery of Ireland from 7 October2023 – 14 January 2024, Ulster Museum from 23 February 2024 – 2 June 2024 and the Royal Scottish Academy from 19 July 2024 – 27 October 2024.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Orazio Gentileschi

On display at the National Gallery, London, until February 2024.

The Staffordshire Hoard

Can be found on display in 2 different locations

1. On display at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent.
2. On display at Tamworth Castle, in the exhibition, ‘Battle and Tribute’.