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List of Exhibitions

  1. Ozzy Osbourne.
    Exhibition

    Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025): Working Class Hero , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Open daily, 10am–5pm. 25 July - 18 January 2026.
    Celebrating the global lifetime achievements of Birmingham rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.
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  2. Exhibition space with life size 3D woolly mammoth.
    Exhibition

    GIANTS , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Open daily, 10am–5pm. 2 August - 2 November 2025.
    A family-friendly exhibition, featuring life-sized 3D models, skeletons, hands-on activities and digital projections.
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  3. Black and white photo of an astronaut on the moon with USA flag next to him.
    Exhibition

    The Space Vault Exhibition , at Thinktank.

    Open during venue opening times
    Visit one of the UK’s largest private collections of space artefacts from human space exploration.
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  4. Watch us Lead. Christopher Samuel.
    Exhibition

    Watch Us Lead , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Open daily, 10am–5pm.
    Artist Christopher Samuel's exhibition about the missing stories from history.
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List of Events

  1. A staff member in a high vis vest with another staff member behind, an empty gallery is behind them.

    Hidden Spaces Tours , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Thursdays and Saturdays in September
    A unique behind the scenes tour
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  2. A group of people standing inside the Great Hall at Blakesley Hall, listening to a member of staff

    Discovery Tour at Blakesley Hall , at Blakesley Hall.

    Thursdays and Fridays
    A guided tour of this fascinating Tudor building.
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  3. Close up of a large collection of Staffordshire hoard fragments in individual display boxes on display in a display case.

    Staffordshire Hoard Guided View , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Selected Thursdays and Saturdays
    Guided access to the much loved Staffordshire Hoard Gallery. ​
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  4. A small group of people admiring something out of view in an art gallery

    Astonishingly Aston Guided Tour , at Aston Hall.

    Fridays
    A guided tour of Aston Hall with a changing schedule of exciting and interesting tours.
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  5. A group of people playing trumpets within a church setting.

    Birmingham Royal Conservatoire: Monthly Lunchtime Recitals , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Fridays in September - December
    Join students from Birmingham Royal Conservatoire in our Industrial Gallery
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  6. Railway 200 Celebrations , at Thinktank.

    Part of the nationwide Railway 200 celebrations
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  7. An arched structure made out of foam blocks of different shapes.

    Moonbase Construction Zone , at Thinktank.

    Every Saturday at Thinktank
    Use our Imagination Playground blocks to embark on a lunar engineering challenge!
    DetailsDrop-in (included in admission)
  8. Movie poster for Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey. Featuring s close up of child's face and space beyond.

    Cinema Under the Stars: 2001 Space Odyssey , at Thinktank.

    A unique cinema experience in our Thinktank Planetarium
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  9. Exterior view looking up at a Jacobean Hall.

    Explore Aston Hall on a Match/Event Day , at Aston Hall.

    Selected dates
    Explore Aston Hall on an Aston Villa Football Club match / event day.
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  10. A child wearing lab coat putting liquid into a canister.

    Sunday Kitchen Science , at Thinktank.

    Every Sunday at Thinktank
    Hands on Science experiments for curious minds
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  11. Close up of two children sitting and drawing at an easel in a gallery.

    Marvellous Makers , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Every Sunday this summer
    Weekly, hands-on creative workshops
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  12. A tour guide is telling a story and the visitors are standing listening to him. They are inside the mill and above them are the wooden beams and boards that make up the ceiling.

    Sarehole Sundays Guided Tour , at Sarehole Mill.

    Sundays
    Guided tour of Sarehole Mill
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  13. A black and white sketch of Ozzy Osbourne on a spiral notepad with pencils scatted around.

    Drawing Ozzy with Milan Topalovic , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Learn to draw our Working Class Hero
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  14. A portrait of Paul Sinha wearing a jacket, jeans and shirt on a white background.

    Comedy at the Museum ft. Paul Sinha & More , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Comedy from your favourite acts at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
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  15. An adult and a child playing with a wooden toy train set.

    Morning Explorers , at Thinktank.

    Second Saturday of each month
    Autism friendly mornings. Explore the museum at a quieter time, before we open to the public.
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  16. Paper documentation with hand written annotations open and on display.

    The Manuals that Saved Apollo 13 - Planetarium Late , at Thinktank.

    11 Oct
    An expert talk by The Space Vault Curator, Dr Michael Warner
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  17. LEGO car

    Lunar LEGO Lab: Alien Edition , at Thinktank.

    Daily during October half term (Sat 25 Oct - Sun 2 Nov)
    Join our space-themed family LEGO coding workshop to create your own LEGO alien creature!
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  18. Pumpkins on the pond at Sarehole Mill , at Sarehole Mill.

    Saturday 25th October
    See pumpkins float on the Mill Pond at Sarehole Mill
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  19. Close up of hands doing a craft activity and sticking a feather to a piece of paper.

    Alien Creation Station , at Thinktank.

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    Get hands on designing your own alien life and the planet your creation lives on.
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  20. A staff member in a lab coat with their arms in the air with a graphic on the screen that reads 'Galactic Mission: Life beyond earth'. They are in the dark and surrounded by bright coloured glowing objects.

    Galactic Mission: Life Beyond Earth , at Thinktank.

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    An interactive space mission to uncover alien life through real science and bizarre Earth creatures.
    DetailsDrop-in
  21. Child dressed up for Halloween with white face and black etes and lips surrounded by graphics of bats, ghosts and pumpkins on a orange background with black grass at the bottom

    Art Club: Spooktacular Halloween Lanterns , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Wednesday 29th October
    Join us for some creepy crafts at the Museum during the school holidays!
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  22. The front of Blakesley Hall obscured by the leaves of trees in front of it.

    Halloween Spooky Tour of Blakesley Hall , at Blakesley Hall.

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    A family friendly spooky storytelling tour of Blakesley Hall.
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  23. Back of heads of three children looking at paintings on display.

    My First Museum Tour: October Half Term , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Thursday 30th October
    Come and join us at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for our My First Museum Tour, aimed at young families who would like a child friendly tour of the Museum.
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  24. A view of Aston Hall from outside at night. The shape of the hall is a dark silhouette and the windows are lit up by the glowing candlelights from within the rooms.

    The Haunted Hall: A Candlelit Ghost Tour , at Aston Hall.

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    Let us guide you around our candlelit Grand Old Mansion and share with you the tales of our ghosts.
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