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 The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent.
  2. 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.

A Saint of the Eastern Church (formerly called A Greek Acolyte) by Simeon Solomon
Lilium Auratum by John Frederick Lewis
The Blind Girl by John Everett Millais 
Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

On display in the exhibition 'Scented Visions: Smell in Art 1850—1915' at the Watts Gallery from 15 May - 9 November 2025.

Ladywood by Christiane Baumgartner

On display in the exhibition 'Studio Prints: Celebrating the Balakjian Collection' at New Art Gallery Walsall from 7 November 2025 - 12 April 2026.