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  1. Festive indoor dining with Christmas tree, decorated high ceilings, and neon "Made in Birmingham" sign.

    Celebrate the festive season with a night at the museum

    20 August 2026
  2. Joe Lycett standing next to a large pink woolly mammoth artwork.

    Joe Lycett’s first major solo art exhibition opens at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

    28 July 2026

  3. New community display celebrating inclusive heritage and arts opens at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

    1 July 2026
  4. Watercolour painting depicting part of a cottage with driveway, a tree casts a shadow.

    Display of paintings of Yardley’s rural past opens at Blakesley Hall

    30 June 2026
  5. Ozzy Osbourne seated on the throne.

    Ozzy Osbourne’s iconic throne to go on display at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

    22 June 2026

  6. Birmingham’s urban musical heritage revisited through new community archive project

    19 June 2026
  7. Photographs of Lenny Henry, Joe Lycett and Jasper Carrott on display.

    Birmingham Museums acquires Andy Hollingworth photographs for city’s collection

    18 June 2026

  8. Birmingham Museums selected as partner in UK’s first permanent mobile museum

    16 June 2026
  9. Four smiling women pose together holding a frame that reads "Volunteers' Week at Birmingham Museums".

    Birmingham Museums Trust celebrates vital role of volunteers during National Volunteers’ Week

    4 June 2026
  10. Children sitting outdoors, looking upward with curiosity amidst green foliage background.

    Birmingham Museums to partner in Natural History Museum programme to support biodiversity and widen access to nature

    26 May 2026
  11. A black and white photo of the members of Black Sabbath standing outside in 1970.

    Black Sabbath: Working-Class Radicals

    19 May 2026
  12. A group of 5 people on a stage one is holding a Museum + Heritage Award.

    Birmingham Museums Citizens’ Jury wins Museums + Heritage award for sector impact

    14 May 2026