Paintings and objects on loan and where to see them

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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:
 

The Staffordshire Hoard

Can be found on display in 2 different locations

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

Selection of Bicycles

A large selection of bicycles from the collection are on display at STEAMHouse, Birmingham City University for their Cycles of Innovation exhibition (19 July 2024 – 18 July 2027).

  • 1958S00978 BSA Gents Bicycle, BSA, Small Heath, Birmingham.
  • 1959S01087 Gents Safety Bicycle, BSA, Small Heath, Birmingham.
  • 1964S01828 New Hudson Safety Bicycle, The New Hudson Cycle Co. Ltd, Deritend, Birmingham.
  • 1968S02226.00001 Bicycle, Quadrant Chainless, Quadrant Cycle Co., Sheepcote Street, Birmingham.
  • 1968S02235.00001 New Hudson Twin Tube Tandem, The New Hudson Cycle Co. Ltd, Deritend, Birmingham.
  • 1973S02669.00001 BSA 3 Speed Bicycle, BSA, Small Heath, Birmingham.
  • 1974S02796.00001 Gents New Hudson Bicycle, The New Hudson Cycle Co. Ltd, Deritend, Birmingham.
  • 1979S03409 Sun Sports Model Bicycle, Sun Cycle & Fittings Co., Brook Street, Aston, Birmingham.
  • 1984S03743 Sun 'Wasp' Bicycle, Sun Cycle & Fittings Co., Brook Street, Aston, Birmingham.
  • 1988S04090.00001 Raleigh Randonneur Touring Bicycle, Raleigh, Nottingham; frame by T. I. Reynolds, Tyseley, Birmingham.
  • 1988S04117 BSA Ladies Bicycle, BSA, Small Heath, Birmingham.
  • 1988S04123.1 Hercules 'Blenheim' Bicycle, Hercules Cycle & Motor Co., Aston, Birmingham.
  • 1989S04169 Phillips Ladies Single Speed Bicycle, Phillips Cycles Limited, Smethwick, Sandwell.
  • 2002D00192 Green BSA Bicycle, BSA, Small Heath, Birmingham.

Royal Enfield Tandem Bicycle

On display in the exhibition 'Warwick Castle under the Greville Family' at Market Hall Museum from 20 March 2026 - 16 January 2027.

The Past is Now by Sarah Maple

On display in the exhibition 'Sarah Maple: Double Life' at Museum Arnhem, The Netherlands from 3 October 2026 to 4 April 2027.

From Bluebell Hill by Rosa Brett
The Victor by Fanny Bunn
Dante and Beatrice window designs by Florence Camm
Sleepe after Toile by Mary Newill
Owl textile by May Morris, Mary Newill and others (On Loan from the Arts, Design, and Media Archive at Birmingham City University)

On display in the exhibition 'Women Artists: Pathways through Pre-Raphaelitism (1850-1914)' at Fundación MAPFRE Madrid, Spain from 24 September 2026 to 10 January 2027  and La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, France from 6 March 2027 to 27 June 2027.

Beata Beatrix by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Keepsake by Kate Elizabeth Bunce
Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton) by Henry Wallis

On display in the exhibition 'Pre-Raphaelites: Art and Poetry' at The Laing, Newcastle upon Tyne from 17 October 2026 - 13 February 2027.

An Industrial Town by L.S Lowry

On display in the exhibition 'L.S. Lowry The Theatre of Life' at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes from 24 October 2026 - 28 February 2027.