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World class museum in the heart of Birmingham city centre.

Chamberlain Square
Birmingham, B3 3DH
0121 348 8000 Directions

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Temporary Closure

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is temporarily closed. This decision has been made in response to the COVID-19 situation.

Entry:

FREE entrance. 

Some exhibitions and events may charge.

Museum & Art Gallery

Birmingham Museums Trust sites currently remain closed. We do not have a date for reopening but will update the public via our website and social media channels as soon as we are able to.

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Bringing Our Museums to You

While the doors to Birmingham Museums Trust venues are closed, there are ways to keep in touch and engaged online, as we bring the museums to you.
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Donate

This is a very challenging time for Birmingham Museums and we need your help. Please donate to support us if you can, every donation helps. Thank you!
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Virtual Tour

You can now look inside Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery without having to be there. Filmed in summer 2019, these four tours show you all the art ...
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Life on Lockdown: Collecting the Birm...

Your stories are precious and need to be shared.
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Birmingham Museums for Kids

BMAG for Kids interactive online resource is a great place for pupils to find out about: Art, Victorians, World War II, Ancient Egypt, Romans and m...
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Learning at Home Activities

As you can’t visit our museums on a family day out or as part of a school trip we are bringing our museums to you.
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Support Us

Donate to help us through this time of great financial uncertainty.
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Shop Online

Our online shop sells the merchandise from recent exhibitions as well as a wide range of products inspired by the Museum’s collection.
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Temporary Closure of Birmingham Museu...

Following careful consideration of the COVID-19 situation, we have decided to temporarily close all Birmingham Museums sites to the public. 
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17 Mar 2020
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Object Spolights: L S Lowry's An Industrial Town and Prunella Clough's Electrical Installation III

Andrea Bonnell talks about An Industrial Town by L S Lowry and Prunella Clough's Electrical Installation III, and the connections between them. Andrea is a Museum Enabler at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and is doing an MA in Art History.
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Latest news

Birmingham Museums launches new personalised card service – Art Post!

Birmingham Museums has launched a new exciting way for you to stay connected with friends and family, whilst sharing beautiful artworks from the city’s collection. Art Post is a new service which ...
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Conservation in the Time of Coronavirus:
Relative Humidity

Everything you never knew that you wanted to know about relative humidity Birmingham Museum Trust’s sites might currently be closed, but for the Conservation team, the work of preserving the col...
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