Collection Research

Collection research is ongoing and new information will be added soon. 

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Natural History

Birmingham Ornithology Collections

• The R W Chase Collection of British Birds
• The W R Lysaght Collection of Birds  
• The J L Auden Collection of Birds  
• The General Collection of British Birds
• The Collection of Foreign Birds  
• The RW Chase Collection of Eggs  

Birmingham Botany Collections

• Liverworts 
• Mosses 
• Lichens 
• The Herbarium of Rev. Edgar Marston Reynolds 
• The Herbarium of William Whitwell 
• The Herbarium of Walter Henry Hardaker 
• The Herbarium of James Eustace Bagnall

For more information about the Natural History research detailed on this page please email Natural Sciences Curator Lukas Large: Lukas.Large@birminghammuseums.org.uk

Archaeology  

• Luristan Bronzes
• Catalogue of Inscribed Shabtis

Birmingham Cuneiform Texts - Translations

• Birmingham Cuneiform Texts - Translations Part 1
• Birmingham Cuneiform Texts - Translations Part 2

West Midlands Archaeological Collections Research Unit

• Checklist of Non-local Pre-historic Material from England in West Midlands Museums - Phil Watson, Tim Bridges, Sara Wear, Philip Wise.
• Irish Antiquities in West Midlands Museums - Phil Watson, Philip Wise, Debbie Klemperer and David Symons.
• Pre-Historic Antiquities from France in West Midlands Museums - Phil Watson.