Highlights

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Open spaces include the Pre-Raphaelite Galleries, Staffordshire Hoard Gallery, Birmingham History Galleries, Round Room, Industrial Gallery, Bridge Gallery, Wild City (a new family gallery), Tearoom and Museum Shop.

The rest of the building currently remains closed, including the Art Galleries on level 2 and Ancient History Galleries on level 3.

Find out more about the open displays:

An adult and child looking at paintings in gold frames on display in an art gallery.

The Pre-Raphaelites

Four newly refurbished galleries feature over 60 paintings, sculpture and stained glass panels by artists including Ford Madox Brown, Edward Burne-Jones, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Simeon Solomon.
Close up of a large collection of Staffordshire hoard fragments in individual display boxes, the corners of the photo are dark with the artefacts highlighted in the centre.

The Staffordshire Hoard

Discover the story of the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found.
A view of the Round Room with large painting on the wall and a statue of Lucifer by Sir Jacob Epstein.

The Round Room

The museum’s iconic Round Room will be at the heart of the reopening with new and familiar artworks back on display surrounding Jacob Epstein’s stunning bronze sculpture, Lucifer.
The Industrial Gallery, a large ornate gallery with ironwork arches and large glazed roof windows showing a display based on Made In Birmingham.

Industrial Gallery

The Industrial Gallery will reopen with a new ‘Made in Birmingham’ display, which celebrates the city of a thousand trades, its self-deprecating humour, creative people and their worldwide impact.

Birmingham: Its People, Its History

The galleries tell the story of Birmingham from its beginnings as a small medieval settlement to becoming a globally significant, modern city.
Colourful gallery space fearing chairs table, display cases and speech bubble graphics.

A City that Can

This gallery celebrates the people, places, sounds and experiences that have shaped Birmingham since the 1950s.
A gallery wall with paintings on display and a tree painted on the wall.

Wild City

Two new galleries dedicated to children and families, telling stories about nature in the city.
Large pink graphic signage that reads 'Elephant in the room display' with illustration elephant artefact.

Elephant in the Room

Explores how artefacts from around the world came to be part of the collection.
Side view of half of the Industrial Gallery balcony with ornate ironwork, gas lanterns hanging from a glazed ceiling.

Balcony Galleries

Discover three exciting new balcony displays celebrating Birmingham’s rich history and heritage.
The outside of the Pixel Studio gallery space with window with video projection and door.

Pixel Studio

Our new digital gallery screening digital work and immersive experiences created by artists and producers from across the region.
Busy museum café viewed from above.

Tearoom

Museum shop featuring a variety of shop artefacts including clothes, prints and more.

Shop

Floor plan of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery showing the floors that are open.

Floor plan